Reviewers consistently praise Sublime for speed, low memory use, and a clean, polished interface that stays reliable over years of use. They say it handles everything from huge files and quick edits to web development, with useful features like multi-cursor editing, autocomplete, command palette workflows, plugin support, and broad file-type coverage. The main tradeoff is depth: several reviewers say it lacks some built-in tools common in VS Code or JetBrains, needs more manual setup, has unfamiliar keybindings for some workflows, and still misses AI features.