A developer shares their return to Sublime Text after years of using VS Code and Zed, arguing that modern software is bloated and over-engineered. Sublime Text is still actively maintained with a stable build from May 2025 and dev builds as recent as July. The post advocates for focused, single-purpose tools over feature-heavy, constantly-updating editors.
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Is Sublime Text still actively maintained?
Sublime Text is still actively maintained. The last stable build was released in May 2025, with dev builds as recent as July of the same year. Development continues quietly without the constant update notifications and release note churn common in editors like VS Code or Zed. Developers weighing editor choices track tools like Sublime Text on daily.dev.
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