Why not just use whatever IDE you prefer and upload via the CLI?

Certainly an option. The IDE is nice for beginners, which seemed like a major point to Arduino.

Get VSCode and install PlatformIO extension. Its way better

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		I'll give it a try. Even if it is better, that's might not help noobs since there are tons of tutorials using the Arduino one. That could change over time though.
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