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0 pointsfactorialboy2mo ago0 comments

I'm a long time user of JetBrains myself. The reason I made Tusk was:

* JetBrains does bloated Java instead of bloated Electron. Tusk is truly native to the OS.

* JetBrains does upsell higher tiers. Tusk does not. Especially won't offer an AI service in the tool that connects to your databases.

* DevTools should not distract the user. VS Code was an OG offender, but JetBrains too has too many notifications.

* Tusk is offline, doesn't connect back to a server for telemetry, updates, Ai, or anything else.

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hk13372mo ago· 1 in thread

I'm not against using Tusk by any means, native apps can be a lot nicer. I love using Rapid API’s Paw over Postman every day.

But…

> * JetBrains does bloated Java instead of bloated Electron. Tusk is truly native to the OS.

The bloat in JetBrains is negligible comparedy to what it can do and its predecessor eclipse.h

> * JetBrains does upsell higher tiers. Tusk does not. Especially won't offer an AI service in the tool that connects to your databases.

I have never really seen this as an issue except when opening a new project and even then it’s small notifications.

> * Tusk is offline, doesn't connect back to a server for telemetry, updates, Ai, or anything else.

This is probably true but JetBrains is not totally unusable offline.

I wouldn’t completely dismiss JetBrains but everyone has their preferences for whatever suits them better.

factorialboyOP2mo ago

> "The bloat in JetBrains is negligible comparedy to what it can do and its predecessor eclipse.h"

Yes. It depends what you compare it with.

> "I have never really seen this as an issue except when opening a new project and even then it’s small notifications."

Tend to agree with you — but I still find it unacceptable to receive notification "ads" for upsells or plugins in a devtool.

I prefer zero-distractions in devtools, and this was the case mostly for a very long time.

> "This is probably true but JetBrains is not totally unusable offline."

Good point.

Not dismissing JetBrains — I was a happy paying customer for over a decade. :)

They're struggling to keep up with a rapidly evolving devtools market.

Thankfully, I / Tusk has no commercial obligations — so I can make it exactly to my liking and taste.

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