I know you didn't ask me, but I'm inserting my answer anyway lol
I don't use an IDE, but on rare occasion, I'll use cherrytree as a note taking app to organize thoughts
It seems to have some IDE like aspects in there if you choose to use it for programming as well.
reply
I use vscode because I work in multiple languages and I like how it's more a text editor than a full-blown IDE.
reply