PhpStorm

Raised as a usability problem by 13 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 12 threads.

People raised many different problems with PhpStorm, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 13 complaints

Open files take 10+ seconds to update after external changes, forcing manual reloads2026-05-18
Auto indent setting change forces massive reformatting and misaligns inline SQL2026-02-17
Commit window changed without notice, forcing a plugin to restore the old workflow2025-04-30
500ms to 2s lag when opening menus or files, even with plugins off2022-09-16
Takes forever to load, slowing down daily PHP development work2021-03-29
Typing right after the find shortcut lands in the open file instead of the Find dialog2020-02-05
Freezes for long periods when opening a project, forcing waits every time2017-11-11
Search window is too slow to load on their workstation2017-07-29
IDE has become sluggish and interactions lag, getting in the way of work2016-01-13
Unclear whether the find-declaration shortcut will locate the symbol or fail2015-11-29
Mouse-driven navigation forces hand switching and slow file-finding versus keyboard fuzzy matching2015-09-04
Debugger stops working and the editor rewrites code, putting many lines into one2015-09-04
Halt and destroy buttons are placed too close together, risking accidental clicks2013-10-22