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- Chiroyce
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Scratcher
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Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
I set up Visual Studio Code to save files every second

is this
(A) Too much
(B) Too little
(C) Just enough
(D) I should use manual save instead

is this
(A) Too much
(B) Too little
(C) Just enough
(D) I should use manual save instead
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
I set up Visual Studio Code to save files every secondGo for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.
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is this
(A) Too much
(B) Too little
(C) Just enough
(D) I should use manual save instead
- god286
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.I have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.
I use 2500 milliseconds in my VSCode installation.
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
That way, it'll save as soon as changes are made.Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.I have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.
I use 2500 milliseconds in my VSCode installation.
- god286
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
If you are using a tool such as Tailwind JIT or SvelteKit (or anything that watches files) you will know that it will stress the script.That way, it'll save as soon as changes are made.Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.I have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.
I use 2500 milliseconds in my VSCode installation.
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
Good to know.If you are using a tool such as Tailwind JIT or SvelteKit (or anything that watches files) you will know that it will stress the script.That way, it'll save as soon as changes are made.Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.I have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.
I use 2500 milliseconds in my VSCode installation.
- Chiroyce
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
I have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.Yep that's wayy too much.E
A.What's the recommended time then?
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
100msI have a feeling two milliseconds will wear out the SSD.Yep that's wayy too much.EA.What's the recommended time then?
- Chiroyce
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
100msThat will wear out the SSD.
Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.Nano has auto save?
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
No, but it doesn't let you close without saving.100msThat will wear out the SSD.Go for 2 milliseconds. If that doesn't work, try nano. Much easier to save.Nano has auto save?
- CST1229
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
What's the recommended time then?Maybr 5-10 seconds?
- god286
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
No, but it doesn't let you close without saving.VSCode also warns you when you close without saving.
- 9pfs
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Scratcher
100+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
It does? Well, I use killall to close gui apps.No, but it doesn't let you close without saving.VSCode also warns you when you close without saving.
- ajsya
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
I have Autosave enabled for Visual Studio Code to whatever the default is and it works fine for me. I would definitely recommend having it enabled because I at least find it very annoying to have to save my program manually every time I want to run it.
- SansStudios
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
Personally, I never auto save my coding. This is because I do a lot of work with github, and there have been several occasions where auto saves mess up my commits.
If you're used to your code always being saved, there isn't much of an issue
If you're used to your code always being saved, there isn't much of an issue

- NFlex23
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
Some things would be annoying with auto-save, especially if you didn't make any changes. Like running a svelte dev server, as it would reload all the time while you were trying to test it. Or an Electron reload thingie, like what Ninetails has.
- god286
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
(#18)For me, actually I use 2500 seconds autosave when working with Svelte and other tools, works for me.
Some things would be annoying with auto-save, especially if you didn't make any changes. Like running a svelte dev server, as it would reload all the time while you were trying to test it. Or an Electron reload thingie, like what Ninetails has.
- NFlex23
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Scratcher
1000+ posts
Autosave or Manual Save while using an IDE?
(#19)Oh, maybe it doesn't reload the page if there are no visible changes. I didn't actually test it.(#18)For me, actually I use 2500 seconds autosave when working with Svelte and other tools, works for me.
Some things would be annoying with auto-save, especially if you didn't make any changes. Like running a svelte dev server, as it would reload all the time while you were trying to test it. Or an Electron reload thingie, like what Ninetails has.
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