Depends on the person. I too find myself looking at text interfaces into this or that every once in a while but always come back to the same few tools: Weechat (for Slack), w3m (browser that I'm currently replying on) and vim. More recently I've been experimenting with Word Grinder which is very powerful but I don't know if it's as safe as Google Docs with respect to auto saving.
For me, I use these tools in my daily life because the normal internet is just too damn noisy and gamified and addicting. I'm big on the slow internet movement and browsing the internet in w3m is a huge boon to focusing on what really matters: the words.
One thing I haven't seen mentioned: Chrome OS. I have two Chrome OS devices that are useless without adblock. They can't handle the real internet. And who would want to buy a Chrome OS device that could?
My Chromebox is my most used computer in my house (it powers the living room TV) so this'll be a real inconvenience for my family.
Newer versions of Chrome OS are able to run Linux in a container. You can install Firefox with the "firefox-esr" package in that Linux. Unfortunately, audio doesn't work yet (at least not on my PixelBook), so it's not really a complete solution, but for (quiet) browsing it does work with uBlock Origin. Apparently Linux audio under Chrome OS is coming soon.
> Could this be indicating that [boot camp grads] at a disadvantage?
Yes. Most boot camps are outright scams and I know that I (along with everyone I know) has never hired a bootcamp grad. They usually cannot write fizzbuzz.
Some anecdata on the college grad note: most of the best engineers I've worked with did not study CS in college, though they all did graduate from college.
No just anecdotal, a bunch of people from my cohort work at google and friends now. Obviously the boot camps highlight these grads and it’s worth pointing out many had CS degrees
TLDR: I made my own in order to be as lightweight and quick to save new ideas as possible.
For years I used Evernote but as the tool got more and more bloated it didn't work for quickly saving a new idea. I tried Notes by Microsoft, Notes by Apple, SimpleNote... in my opinion they were all too bloated. I wanted something I could click into, type, walk away.
So I made my own. You create a single sheet of digital paper and it syncs across all devices. My wife and I use one for a shopping list on both of our phones, I have one for personal notes and one for work notes. If anything gets more complicated, it goes into Evernote but this is what I use 99% of the time.
For me, I use these tools in my daily life because the normal internet is just too damn noisy and gamified and addicting. I'm big on the slow internet movement and browsing the internet in w3m is a huge boon to focusing on what really matters: the words.