I use this too and it works great

For simple cutting & slicing I honestly just write ffmpeg oneliners.

+1 fo ffmpeg and not having to install another tool for a single task.

I do not edit videos, I just record with obs-studio and cut out unneeded parts. ffmpeg does that, it does so fast and without any problems + it also works for converting videos to another codec.

The only reason to use blender and why blender has one, is CG animation work. It would be silly to have the interface where you do exactly the same thing as in a video editor, except with the timing of animations instead of footage, but not have one for footage as well. Especially if the animation sometimes depends on when which part of the footage plays.

Rendering, exporting, importing, finding a detail is wrong, is more annoying than having it right there in the same UI.

ShotCut is alright but it chokes and dies with a large video with complex cuts. I tried using it to edit trailers, a pre roll intro, and an intermission into a 1080p film for a movie night I host and it would hang indefinitely and crash frequently.

For short and simple projects it's fine, even kind of nice to use.

dafuq? It runs in the browser?

This looks interesting. Thanks for the link!

Recommending ffmpeg to CapCut user seems not exactly correct lol

is solid for free

Just a heads-up, keep in mind the community you're posting in (Open-Source). Open-source is about the open-source development model, not whether you're required to pay.

Id use blender compositor + video sequencer, it got some updates recently