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730 mentions on Hacker News by 573 people: 130 stories, 600 comments · first 2015-11-18 · latest 2026-10-30

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  1. file list doesn't work at all: https://gothub.frontendfriendly.xyz/microsoft/vscode/tree/ma... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/main/src
    comment by 38 · 2023-09-01 · in Gothub: Alternative front-end for GitHub written with Go
  2. …having been released in March 2022.[7] [1] https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/28 [2] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode [3] https://vscodium.com / Source: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium [4]…
    comment by commoner · 2023-08-29 · in Open-Source Washing
  3. …really are superior. [1] https://code.visualstudio.com/api/language-extensions/embedd... [2] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/7fd6f1b1d46bd2223a9... [3] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/26338 [4]…
    comment by phil294 · 2023-08-06 · in Postgres Language Server
  4. …are GitHub Issues you can search for posted by others that have or are in the process of doing it. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
    comment by WorldMaker · 2023-07-25 · in Vscode.dev: Local Development with Cloud Tools
  5. …"web ide" fork: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-web-ide-vscode-fork ...points back to: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode ...so I guess all the needed bits and pieces needed for a pure web version should be in the original Microsoft…
    comment by flohofwoe · 2023-07-25 · in Vscode.dev: Local Development with Cloud Tools
  6. …even after trying for a week or two, I just can’t get comfortable with VSCode’s way of doing it. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/143024
    comment by psadauskas · 2023-07-17 · in LazyVim
  7. …work for me on linux, v1.80.1. But it doesn't seem possible to put the sidebars next to each other: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/177812
    comment by huntoa · 2023-07-14 · in Effect of perceptual load on performance within IDE in people with ADHD symptoms
  8. What is truly laughable is Microsoft removing the Santa hat because of a lunatic. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268 Anyone is free to have an opinion, including not paying any attention to idiots and intolerants.
    comment by sph · 2023-07-06 · in FreeBSD at 30: Its secrets to success
  9. They care about and test for performance issues/regressions. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+labe...
    comment by ihattendorf · 2023-06-28 · in Fast machines, slow machines
  10. …and then subsequent sessions from tmux-server; doing it another way is possible but nontrivial) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/15452 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/108804#issuecomme...
    comment by lloeki · 2023-06-27 · in macOS command-line tools you might not know about
  11. …but it never got enough upvotes.. Maybe posting about it here is my chance to get it done? :-P https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/85587
    comment by nielsbot · 2023-06-22 · in How VSCode made bracket pair colorization faster (2021)
  12. …can do. Nor can IntelliJ plugins. Nor can... practically any other implementation of extensions. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode is available if a developer wanted to contribute something to core, anyway.
    comment by mynameisvlad · 2023-06-22 · in How VSCode made bracket pair colorization faster (2021)
  13. …label format to short. Go to File > Preferences > Settings then search for Label Format. I'm hoping https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/41909 will get implemented so we can make the problem go away entirely
    comment by benmccann · 2023-06-22 · in Thoughts on Svelte(Kit), one year and 3B requests later
  14. …didn't realise _all_ of it was. It's crazy to think that the editor works as well as it does! [0]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/main/src/vs/editor/...
    comment by phildenhoff · 2023-06-13 · in Text Editor Data Structures
  15. …it and it's exactly what I was hoping for! Unfortunately though the terminal can't run standalone: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/34442
    comment by EscapeFromNY · 2023-06-11 · in Gren – an Elm fork
  16. …weight is given to matching the prefix exactly, so margin-top does indeed rank higher. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/src/vs/base/co...
    comment by jakear · 2023-06-08 · in Autocomplete – A JavaScript library for building autocomplete experiences
  17. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/108264#issuecomme...
    comment by bhargav · 2023-06-02 · in Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs
  18. Not yet. If anyone manages to read through all of https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/50140 they might find out if it's planned or not; Mickey's article is shorter =P
    comment by unhammer · 2023-05-29 · in How to Get Started with Tree-Sitter
  19. This feature request has been sitting around since 2018: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116 It advocates for treating VSCode extension permissioning like browser extension permissioning. Of course, it's not a panacea, but it…
    comment by jawns · 2023-05-22 · in Malicious VSCode extensions with more than 45k installs
  20. …can now happen that the inner derived is recomputed, even though the inner state is disposed. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/fe9154e791eafb4f18d...
    comment by Gehinnn · 2023-05-19 · in Managing State with Signals
  21. …windows in the same workspace (1). The latter has been the most requested feature for 6 years! (0) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/125993 (1) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/10121
    comment by duped · 2023-05-15 · in VSCode config to disable annoyances – telemetry, notifications, welcome pages
  22. …having to wait for the good will of the developer to understand/fix it for me, I did it myself: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/163490
    comment by WhereIsTheTruth · 2023-05-05 · in Visual Studio Code April 2023
  23. …For reference: gVim's latency hovers around 1ms and even intelliJ can still be 10x faster[1]. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/161622#issuecomme... [1] https://pavelfatin.com/typing-with-pleasure/#windows
    comment by alpaca128 · 2023-04-19 · in Offline is just online with extreme latency
  24. For anyone wishing for a VS Code fix, comment on this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/41909#issuecommen...
    comment by arxpoetica · 2023-04-17 · in Clean front end architecture with SvelteKit
  25. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... The vscode source is not everything
    comment by jonas-w · 2023-04-07 · in Telemetry in Front-End Tools
  26. …plugins, making the free version of codium basically pointless. " Look at what isn't open source: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between... Microsoft logos and trademarks, integration with a marketplace which…
    comment by jodrellblank · 2023-03-16 · in Microsoft 365 Copilot – your copilot for work
  27. …expected a rogue extension was responsible. Rather, the spyware ships with VS Code in this commit: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/commit/307987fe383950b8f... Screenshot of the running process: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrSfjwtWYAE02h…
    comment by asne11 · 2023-03-15 · in VS Code Monitors Full Command Line, CPU, Memory Usage of All Processes
  28. …adoption of tree-sitter, is that the most popular editor, VSCode, still doesn't support it. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/161479 [2]: https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/issues/1870 [3]:…
    comment by artagnon · 2023-03-07 · in Shiki Syntax Highlighter
  29. …the icon was removed what, one or two days after the complaint, in an urgently published patch. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
    comment by Joker_vD · 2023-03-03 · in RVVM – The RISC-V Virtual Machine
  30. SaveAs dialog appearing in the background in VSCode ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/146422 ) is insanely annoying...
    comment by berkut · 2023-02-21 · in Microsoft Teams is getting big performance improvements next month
  31. …have telemetry, and it was always opt-out. (E.g. comment from December 15th about the telemetry - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... - VS Code was only 8 months old.) Atom had forced-choice telemetry (unsure of…
    comment by morelisp · 2023-02-13 · in Google killed my hope and my dreams
  32. …is wrongly sensationalized. 1. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=iocave.c... 2. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/519
    comment by knaik94 · 2023-02-04 · in Microsoft mangles VS Code protected properties to prevent UI customization
  33. …with a change you can revert it. In this case name mangling might be disabled by removing one line https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/166126/files#diff-e... . Or if not it's still trivial to remove everything added by this commit. In…
    comment by armchairhacker · 2023-02-04 · in Microsoft mangles VS Code protected properties to prevent UI customization
  34. …I wonder if they are just implemented with great difficulty. I hope VS code adopts tree sitter https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/50140
    comment by pyrolistical · 2023-01-31 · in Combobulate: Structured Movement and Editing with Tree-Sitter
  35. …different themes, your website says the JSON is invalid for every one. - Official Solarized Dark: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/extensions/the... - Better Solarized Dark: https://github.com/edheltzel/vscode-better-solarized/…
    comment by suprjami · 2023-01-17 · in Show HN: I built a web app to generate Emacs and Vim themes from VSCode theme
  36. I think you are referring to this? From the wiki at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Keybinding-Issues : Are you customizing keyboard mappings via setxkbmap or equivalents? symptoms: customizations done via setxkbmap or equivalents…
    comment by bananadonkey · 2022-12-25 · in Moving the Ctrl Key
  37. …terrible power usage of VSCode. One such example was the cursor blinking causing hight cpu usage - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/22900 I'm assuming they've fixed it? Electron in general continues to be a bloated memory hog and…
    comment by gregors · 2022-12-16 · in Atom was archived today
  38. What does that offer to it as an editor? And Visual Studio Code is open source as well. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute
    comment by bmitc · 2022-12-10 · in Pulsar: A Community Effort to Revive the Atom Text Editor
  39. …versions don't line up with the patched version either. I think it was fixed in 1.71.1 as per https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/security/advisories/GHSA...
    comment by tonny747 · 2022-12-07 · in VSCode remote code execution advisory
  40. Vast majority of the codebase is Typescript: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/main/src . Only thing I could find written in Rust was the CLI. Sure, under the hood Electron is powered by Chromium V8 (which also powers Node.js),…
    comment by chrisco255 · 2022-12-06 · in Mac OS 9
  41. …of delineation between "VS Code" and "VS Code Server", but "VS Code" itself is MIT licensed. See: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode This repository ("Code - OSS") is where we (Microsoft) develop the Visual Studio Code product together…
    comment by mindcrime · 2022-11-30 · in Ask HN: Is VSCode Open Source? What's with the License?
  42. …important. Its also not open source (VSCode), so I would have no qualms regarding that - there is ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode ) OFC but the license for the product everyone uses is not ( https://code.visualstudio.com/License/ ).…
    comment by smaudet · 2022-11-21 · in Kite is saying farewell and open-sourcing its code
  43. …love to see someone downvoting me provide a compelling response to the full source available here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode under the MIT license... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt Again - Microsoft…
    comment by horsawlarway · 2022-11-16 · in Windows Subsystem For Linux a.k.a. WSL 1.0.0 released
  44. …that is as small as possible! The referenced issue is only one example. There are many more (e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/164574 ).
    comment by Gehinnn · 2022-11-03 · in Visualizing Diffs: The Myers difference algorithm (2020)
  45. …"diffEditor.diffAlgorithm": "experimental"). Diffing is hard and there are many subtleties (e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/164370 ). The space efficient Myers diff algorithm has some problems when using it for merging, as…
    comment by Gehinnn · 2022-11-03 · in Visualizing Diffs: The Myers difference algorithm (2020)
  46. …[4]: https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-roslyn/issues/953 [5]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/3884
    comment by delta_p_delta_x · 2022-10-24 · in Dotfile madness (2019)
  47. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium
    comment by FPGAhacker · 2022-10-15 · in VS Code Org Mode
  48. …VSCode is great. Edit: Looks like ongoing effort is in progress to tackle extension problem: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/40239
    comment by jve · 2022-10-13 · in Ask HN: Can you recommend me a fast, light text editor for Windows?
  49. How about this one: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/427530e884b33be2451... export interface IDomEvent { <K extends keyof HTMLElementEventMap>(element: EventHandler, type: K, useCapture?: boolean):…
    comment by hbrn · 2022-10-10 · in TypeScript is now officially 10 years old
  50. …[1] https://github.com/vim/vim/issues [2] https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues [3] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues
    comment by tiffanyh · 2022-10-10 · in Helix: A Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust