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0 pointshelmholtz4y ago0 comments

I've meant to ask this for a while, so I'll try here. Doesn't anyone else feel overwhelmed with VS Code? I've used it off and on for years and I still don't understand the hopelessly confusing settings menu, the several json files, or the unintuitive left sidebar. Somehow it just doesn't come together in my brain. Nor the confusing choice for tab colours where the foreground tab feels background.

If I want to edit config files for basic things, isn't vim better? And if I want more power, isn't an IDE better? At this point I honestly like Atom more than Code. Even on Linux.

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kitsunesoba4y ago

Similar gripes here. I don’t use things like the integrated git support (Fork.app does that better) so it’d be nice to be able to turn off the sidebar entirely. Much prefer starting from something basic and adding what I need (Sublime) or a full blown IDE that’s opinionated.

PascLeRasc4y ago

I’m the same way, VS Code is very hard for me to use. I quite literally don’t get what’s going on. I don’t know which is faster benchmark-wise, but I work much more efficiently in Atom and Sublime than VSC.

superplussed4y ago

Same. Busy and slow, and I will never understand why it is the default these days.

yz1ruhzh4y ago

I went from Vim to Sublime Text 3 to VS Code, in the end it's all about what helps you work faster/better. There isn't in my opinion a choice to make here, really depends on the task you want to achieve. VS Code works fine for my projects.

(I still use sublime to quickly edit text but I was really disappointed with their latest version)

anonair4y ago

My frustration with vscode is because it feels like the pop-up menus try to steal your mouse focus all the time. Like, I try to move my mouse somewhere and about to click, but some IntelliSense-nonsense pops up under my mouse cursor and steals the click.

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