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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. Original complaint which led to removal: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
    comment by amingilani · 2019-12-20 · in VS Code is getting flak for removing Santa hat emoji
  2. There's also some amusing issues being reported in response: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3... > Color themes are offensive to blind (and colorblind) users > Snowflake doesn't represent people in the southern…
    comment by halgir · 2019-12-20 · in Santa Hat on VScode Insiders
  3. …How many Christians have actually died for Christmas as well? Have a fuckin' spine Microsoft. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268
    comment by WhiteOwlLion · 2019-12-19 · in VS Code Issue Tracker Meltdown
  4. Unsurprisingly, there are related (for want of a better word) issues appearing: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87341 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87348 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87342 The issue…
    comment by petecooper · 2019-12-19 · in Santa hat removed from VS Code after complaint
  5. And of course the opposite issue: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87291
    comment by ihalip · 2019-12-19 · in Santa hat removed from VS Code after complaint
  6. It doesn't seem so: "we're sorry we hurt your and other's feelings. We'll remote the Santa Hat." https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/87268#issuecommen... Which apparently sparked the controversy. Some responded to this with humour:…
    comment by bigbaguette · 2019-12-19 · in Santa Hat on vscode insiders and pushing of religion is offensive to me
  7. …it was broken for a long time, they like it that way and their personal workflow depends on it - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/67708 I don't get it. It's a terrible user experience. Switching documents and opening documents…
    comment by wayneftw · 2019-12-14 · in Visual Studio Code November 2019 Update
  8. …do so on a more open project. 1: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/faq#_why-arent-the... 2: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Differences-between... 3: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/240 (aka, on-the-wire DRM to…
    comment by usecodium · 2019-11-19 · in Facebook and Microsoft Partner on Remote Development
  9. …that if this next web page is any indication although whether they succeeded or not I do not know: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/56686#issuecommen...
    comment by hollerith · 2019-11-04 · in Edge Chromium Release on January 2020
  10. …violating Microsoft's copyright and that consequently any coder can get the MIT-licensed code at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode and build his own vscode that works just like one of Microsoft's binaries in almost all ways. The 3…
    comment by hollerith · 2019-10-19 · in Microsoft gives Satya Nadella a 66% raise, citing 'strategic leadership'
  11. …aspects, your statement is factually incorrect. VS Code is definitely open source (MIT licensed): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode .
    comment by ablekh · 2019-10-18 · in Microsoft gives Satya Nadella a 66% raise, citing 'strategic leadership'
  12. are you sure that the fonts aren't blurry ? https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-218458 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/72759
    comment by disiplus · 2019-10-14 · in Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000
  13. …in particular) would adopt its folding style or at least enable it. Doesn't seem promising though ( https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/17904 )
    comment by kristiandupont · 2019-10-11 · in Zettelkästen?
  14. …is the only text editor that I know of where common file encoding bugs [1] are not a priority. [1]: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues?utf8=&q=is%3Aissu...
    comment by siproprio · 2019-10-02 · in Sublime Text Build 3211
  15. …you need to install a forked debug adapter for NodeJS to get the extension working. Thanks! [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/78663
    comment by Gehinnn · 2019-10-01 · in Show HN: A Multi Purpose Debug Visualizer for VS Code
  16. …[2]? Ehhh... it's not asking that much of a multi-billion dollar company. You deserve better! [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Performance-Issues [2] https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/tree/master/editor-p...
    comment by desertrider12 · 2019-09-11 · in Uber lays off 435 people
  17. …https://firecracker-microvm.github.io - Google: https://github.com/google/guava - Microsoft: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode - Apple: https://github.com/apple/foundationdb Am I missing the point? Are OSS projects from these companies…
    comment by StreamBright · 2019-09-10 · in Uber lays off 435 people
  18. …this is also called semantic coloring. Visual Studio Code has it on the roadmap to try this year: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Roadmap#editor
    comment by canadaduane · 2019-07-11 · in Lexical differential highlighting instead of syntax highlighting
  19. …bit. Here's very simple to implement change which saves dozens of MB of IO bandwidth every startup: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/61343 "We will very likely not do this."
    comment by Const-me · 2019-07-07 · in Speedy Desktop Apps with GTK and Rust
  20. …VS Code merges a tremendous number of PRs from the community, despite having a dedicated team: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclo... New MSFT really "gets" open source. It's an exciting time.
    comment by btown · 2019-06-19 · in Fixing a Small Calc.exe Bug
  21. …other part of the editor is customizable). Icons in the editor are hideous. Then issues like these https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/67288 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/67413 I question the people who use it and their…
    comment by dham · 2019-05-09 · in Ask HN: Do any of you dislike using Visual Studio Code?
  22. …applies to the Visual Studio Code product. Source Code for Visual Studio Code is available at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode under the MIT license agreement..." Source code and final product have different licenses but VSCode and…
    comment by manigandham · 2019-05-03 · in Microsoft, currently the most valuable company, is having a Nadellaissance
  23. …considering that VS Code is ostensibly FOSS and thus readily auditable for this sort of thing: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode This assumes, of course, that y'all aren't doing any weird code-injecting funny business when packaging it…
    comment by yellowapple · 2019-05-03 · in Microsoft, currently the most valuable company, is having a Nadellaissance
  24. …Visual Studio Code https://code.visualstudio.com/license And here's the license for VSCode itself https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
    comment by type0 · 2019-05-02 · in Microsoft, currently the most valuable company, is having a Nadellaissance
  25. …that comes with standard VS Code (which is different from the MIT license in the repo, https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/LICENSE.txt ). See the issue https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/17996 for discussion of the…
    comment by roryokane · 2019-04-14 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  26. …use to collect telemetry (Application Insights / A.I.) even if you disable that setting [1]. 1. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/63404
    comment by Memosyne · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  27. This comment states that's the auto updater endpoint, not telemetry. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/16131#issuecommen... Though there's no explanation for why VS Code continues to ping vortex.d.m.c even after updating is…
    comment by specialist · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  28. I think it sends MS every keypress in search fields - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/49161
    comment by millstone · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  29. No, the configuration with the necessary URL endpoints was released under the MIT license: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/commit/b00945fc8c79f6db7... https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/31168 Additionally, a URL is most likely…
    comment by commoner · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  30. This has been an issue in the past: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/16131 Telemetry not being disabled I have disabled telemetry as described in the FAQ. I have set the following properties in the settings: [..] Now despite of…
    comment by paavoova · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  31. Chris Dias offers up a suggestion for how to investigate further here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1... But, speaking as a developer of an open source software product that includes telemetry[1], I expect…
    comment by aaronbrethorst · 2019-04-13 · in VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
  32. …having to switch between views. The small buttons for quickly folding panels are also a nice touch. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/26777
    comment by dessant · 2019-04-11 · in Atom 1.36
  33. Porting VS Code to Chrome OS, without need for an electron-based GTK app inside a 'Linux container'? https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/1031
    comment by petecox · 2019-04-09 · in Chromium-based Edge preview builds
  34. Perhaps I've misunderstood what you've said, but VS Code enables telemetry by default. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/search?q=telemetry&type=... It's extremely abusive. The parent company, also.
    comment by fartcannon · 2019-04-08 · in Open Source Is Winning, and Now It's Time for People to Win Too
  35. …tell us what is collected that could possibly be used maliciously? You can get started here - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-extension-telemetry and https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode
    comment by nindalf · 2019-04-02 · in Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
  36. …something that it might upload that you might not like, please let us know. Here's the extension - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-extension-telemetry . You can check for usages here - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode There is…
    comment by nindalf · 2019-03-21 · in Microsoft Defender Comes to the Mac
  37. …the same issue, although I haven't tried personally. Here you can see a bug report for the issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/67 And the same issue for other languages: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/22663…
    comment by shawnz · 2019-03-20 · in Is WSL actually ready for developers?
  38. …after being frustrated by the Python Language Server eating RAM like a Gremlin after midnight. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/2594 https://github.com/Microsoft/python-language-server/issues/4...…
    comment by jgalt212 · 2019-03-13 · in Sublime Text 3.2 Released
  39. Multiple windows... VS Code is still abhorrent on multi-display setups. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10121
    comment by kristofferR · 2019-03-13 · in Sublime Text 3.2 Released
  40. …so now I'm on the fence of going back to Sublime which has always been rock solid for me. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/69972
    comment by losvedir · 2019-03-13 · in Sublime Text 3.2 Released
  41. …We have a page on our wiki that describes in a fair amount of detail how we structure iterations: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Development-Process
    comment by Tyriar · 2018-12-12 · in Visual Studio Code 1.30 Released
  42. …to other alternative is the multi-file search results. When the fix this, I will be a happy camper: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/63465
    comment by ChrisCinelli · 2018-12-07 · in The Rise of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  43. expect for a feature that keeps a lot of people on other editors (recordable macros) https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/4490
    comment by protomyth · 2018-12-06 · in The Rise of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  44. …seems nice from afar. The biggest wart is/was the "FUCK FUCK FUCK" git clean vs git reset UX error: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32405 . This is a fantastic demonstration of why i exclusively use git from a command prompt --…
    comment by hprotagonist · 2018-12-06 · in The Rise of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
  45. …a jetbrains editor is when i need something heavy like java or android or flutter... for example: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/63542 just look at the difference between sublime and vs code. the new ui in vs code also made…
    comment by ilrwbwrkhv · 2018-11-28 · in SubEthaEdit 5 is now free and open source
  46. …But there seems to have been no movement on this request for a functional macro feature: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/4490
    comment by yakovdk · 2018-11-07 · in Reddit AMA on Photopea, a free alternative to Photoshop used by 1.5M people
  47. …and therefor the ranking system, is skewed towards extensions publishing lots of updates. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/42890
    comment by fabiospampinato · 2018-11-06 · in Why I wrote 33 VSCode extensions and how I manage them
  48. …community contributors assign labels to issues is more maddening to me. See an example here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/62016#issuecommen... . [0]: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4033249/47674432-8...
    comment by octref · 2018-10-29 · in How to be an open source gardener (2014)
  49. …To help debug this further, it would be great help if you could open an issue on Github, https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/ , with more details about your OS, VS Code version and installed extensions, so we can figure out what happened.…
    comment by auchenberg · 2018-10-15 · in VSCode silently opts you in to data collection
  50. > Stop using sha256(MAC address) for telemetry machine ID #8688 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/8688
    comment by c487bd62 · 2018-10-13 · in VSCode silently opts you in to data collection