Notepad ->
HotDog Pro ->
HomeSite ->
TopStyle (a handful of months) ->
NetBeans ->
Notepad++ ->
Visual Studio ->
IntelliJ ->
TextMate ->
Sublime Text ->
Atom ->
VSCode (a handful of months) ->
Emacs.
After so much sampling, I'm 99.6% sure I'm done with this journey.
My conclusions from this 30+ year study: choose the editor that was initially released in the year you were born.
Good luck!