I've used many different text/code editors and IDEs through the years. There are some good out there, but most are mediocre.

The typical problem is that most editors and IDEs try to appeal to a broad audience, which results in providing a broad set of features. This in turn often results in a cluttered user interface with complex menu structures. Even worse are long menus without icons that would help to simplify spotting the action one is looking for.

Then there are features I tend to struggle with, because I never use them, but trigger them by accident. For example, zooming using ctrl key + mouse wheel or enabling overwrite mode with the insert key or full screen mode or duplicating the current line using a hotkey or toggling two lines using a hotkey.

So I'm at the point now where I say "screw you!" and create my own code editor that only has the features I need and that work in the way I prefer. It'll have exactly zero features that I don't need, hence the name: Zero Editor.