Ask HN: Good fast IDE for reading and navigating code in multiple languages

7/5/2026 at 2:29:15 PM

Neovim is where it's at. You can use lazyvim which has tons of languages you can select to add LSPs for.

by roland35

7/5/2026 at 4:30:40 PM

well i am lazy and i dislike my experience of configuring astrovim

by penpendian

7/5/2026 at 7:11:57 PM

Lightest weight: bat and ripgrep

Though not a traditional ide

by dv_dt

7/5/2026 at 10:07:22 AM

Good, fast, easy for novices.

Choose two.

I use nvim and emacs.

by Alien1Being

7/5/2026 at 11:32:05 AM

Nvim is good but requires set up which now I delegate to Claude

Emacs feels too slow and not good if you have carpel tunnel syndrome

by akkad33

7/5/2026 at 12:57:58 PM

I am speechless...

by Alien1Being

7/5/2026 at 4:30:20 PM

antigravity

by penpendian

7/5/2026 at 12:52:54 PM

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by AlexSGlife