> But if Atom is ultimately just a big collection of straight-up node.js files, and anyone can go in at any time to change a line here or there -- and it's in JavaScript, so it couldn't be easier for programmers in general -- and there's no compilation step or anything -- then it's almost a fundamental paradigm shift for what desktop software could be.
> How I felt after that? I felt awesome. I had only installed Atom minutes ago. I didn't even had to think to fix my problem. All the knowledge I needed was already in my head! It was simple as editing a webpage. TL;DR: Atom allowed me to fix one simple problem – that I still encounter in most text editors nowadays – in seconds. What about yours?
http://discuss.atom.io/t/atom-is-so-powerful-that-it-blows-m...
> How I felt after that? I felt awesome. I had only installed Atom minutes ago. I didn't even had to think to fix my problem. All the knowledge I needed was already in my head! It was simple as editing a webpage. TL;DR: Atom allowed me to fix one simple problem – that I still encounter in most text editors nowadays – in seconds. What about yours?