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