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Free open-source code editor by Microsoft. Based on 154 Reddit mentions across 10 subreddits, VS Code has a 60% positive sentiment score in the Developer Tools space. Reddit users most frequently discuss VS Code in r/vscode.
Sentiment Breakdown
Top Subreddits
- r/vscode 25 mentions
- r/webdev 24 mentions
- r/programming 20 mentions
- r/GithubCopilot 17 mentions
- r/LocalLLaMA 8 mentions
- r/ChatGPTCoding 7 mentions
- r/ClaudeCode 4 mentions
- r/mcp 3 mentions
- r/ClaudeAI 3 mentions
- r/CopilotPro 2 mentions
What Reddit Praises
- Semantic Search discounted
- Weird lag on my pc after installing vscode and python (windows 10)
- Anyone use the codex extension in antigravity
- Help me squeeze every drop out of my AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (96GB unified VRAM) — local LLM, image/video gen, coding agents
- My AI repo visualizer now has agentic capabilities
Common Complaints
- Is VSCode server download down ATM
- Guide for Keychron V6 Max to have different colours for different connection modes
- Claude code on alacrity + Tmux
- How to edit the plan before implementation
- M3 Pro (8/1TB) or M5 Air (16/512)
What Redditors Are Saying
"I personally don't like this at all. VsCode started to push AI very heavily since the beginning."
"What do you think of this move by Microsoft? Is it just me, or are the possibilities endless?"
"Let me know if you have any questions about open sourcing. Happy to answer."
"Btw now you can: >Hide and disable GitHub Copilot AI features >**Setting**: [ `chat.disableAIFeatures`]() >We are introducing a new setting [ `chat.disableAIFeatures` ]()for disabling and hiding built-in AI features provided by GitHub Copilot, including chat, code ..."
"We have updated our FAQ, so make sure to check that out as well [https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq)"
"Today I found a new release of VSCode, and saw they are starting to make weekly stable releases instead of monthly releases. What do you think about this?"
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