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I tried 5 Notepad alternatives to escape AI bloat, and this 3KB app won

How did Notepad become bloated?
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Notepad++ isn't the best app for huge files anymore — I tested the alternatives

The first time Notepad++ let me down was when I tried to open a server log that had grown to a few hundred megabytes. The window came up fast enough, but the moment I tried to scroll or search through ...