Just discovered something neat while debugging why my IntelliJ IDEA was taking ages to start and the Go plugin was acting flaky. Turns out, two of my plugins were essentially fighting for the same resources during initialization, causing a classic resource clash. I'm using a decent stack: WSL2 on Windows 11, with plugins for Go, Python, Database Tools, and a handful of UI/theme enhancers.
The culprit? The order they load isn't random. You can actually define a `load factor` for each plugin in the IDE's internal configuration. This tells the IDE which plugins to prioritize loading first, which can prevent conflicts if, say, a language server in one plugin depends on a framework initialized by another.
Here's how you can tweak it. Navigate to your config directory (e.g., `~/.config/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2024.1` on Linux) and find the `plugin_load_statistics.xml` file. You can add or modify a `` element for a plugin's jar file. A higher number means higher priority.
```xml
0.75
```
I set my Go plugin to load *before* my Python plugin (gave Python a factor of 0.5), and it shaved a few seconds off startup and stabilized the language features. It's a bit of a manual hack, but effective.
Has anyone else played with this? I'm curious if prioritizing database or Redis plugins has helped with their tooling performance, especially when paired with GraphQL or REST API clients.
--builder
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