VS Code
8 recommend 14 criticize 6 moved to it 15 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I got fed up and switched back to VSCode”murlax, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“I switched from vim to VSCode due to this feature”renox, 2026-05-12original comment ↗
“using vscodium instead of vscode is again justified.”RandyOrion, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“I'm personally switched from (n)vim to vscode for this reason, so I can now fiddle with a custom agent setup.”verdverm, 2026-04-09original comment ↗
“I switched from Sublime Text to VS Code, and didn't care one bit how open or close either was.”dist-epoch, 2026-04-02original comment ↗
“WASM debugging in VSCode feels just like native debugging”flohofwoe, 2026-03-09original comment ↗
“switched to VS because Cursor became so annoying every release”KingOfCoders, 2026-02-13original comment ↗
“I switched from Sublime to VSCode years ago and have been fairly happy but the recent AI onslaught in VSCode is making me look at other editors.”thecrumb, 2025-12-25original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“personally switched from VS Code to herdr (with some custom plugins), and couldn't be happier.”falcor84, 2026-10-29original comment ↗
“This is the reason why I switched from VSCode to nvim (AstroNvim to be specific).”Ronsenshi, 2026-06-28original comment ↗
“Recently ditched VSCODE completely and switched from development on local machine to remote "vps" cloud.”throwaway888abc, 2026-06-05original comment ↗
“I switched from VSCode to Zed, which has a helix mode built-in and it works very well.”16bitvoid, 2026-05-13original comment ↗
“using vscodium instead of vscode is again justified.”RandyOrion, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“Multi-cursor was the first plugin I installed when I moved from VSCode to Vim”worksonmine, 2026-03-07original comment ↗
“Why do I even use that slow bloated thing of VS?”KingOfCoders, 2026-02-13original comment ↗
“The "new Notepad" is some dumbass executives pet project that overlaps with Visual Studio Code and is a shitty alternative to WordPad”jiggawatts, 2026-02-11original comment ↗
“Previously there were .vscode and .github directories in the project, which I now deleted for very similar reason: bloat. Switched from VS Code to Vim.”dawidg81, 2026-02-01original comment ↗
“I recently switched from VS Code to JetBrains Rider and I think the latter is much better for C#.”rellem, 2026-01-12original comment ↗
“I also switched from VSCode to Zed”avanwyk, 2026-01-06original comment ↗
“I switched from VSCode back to Sublime Text lol.”dv_dt, 2026-01-06original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from VS Code to
- VS Code → Zed (5 hackers)
- VS Code → Neovim (3 hackers)
- VS Code → Vim (2 hackers)
- VS Code → Cursor (1 hacker)
- VS Code → Herdr (1 hacker)
- VS Code → JetBrains Rider (1 hacker)
- VS Code → Obsidian (1 hacker)
- VS Code → Sublime Text (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to VS Code from
- Cursor → VS Code (2 hackers)
- Sublime Text → VS Code (2 hackers)
- Neovim → VS Code (1 hacker)
- Vim → VS Code (1 hacker)
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