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Fine, I’ll build my own text editor

David Bushell explores building a custom text editor, first experimenting with canvas rendering before realizing its accessibility limitations. He pivots toward a contenteditable-based approach as a more practical solution for building his own editor.

Background

The author reflects on declining quality of modern software like VS Code and embarks on a personal project to build a text editor from scratch, exploring rendering approaches.

Source
Lobsters
Published
Sep 1, 2026 at 07:18 PM
Score
5.0 / 10