VSCode config to disable annoyances – telemetry, notifications, welcome pages

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  • vscodium

    binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

  • If you don't use proprietary plugins that require VSCode, then VSCodium [0] is a good choice. It has a better default config that removes telemetry.

    [0] https://vscodium.com

  • helix

    A post-modern modal text editor.

  • If you wanna have privacy and also be fairly modern, https://helix-editor.com might work

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • https://github.com/stechermichal/vscode-dotfiles

  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

  • Not really, since it doesn't feel like they listen to the users or developer community on features that people want to see roll out. It's a lot of icing on a pretty well decorated cake at the moment.

    I won't get excited by a VSCode update until they fix the webview crash that happens after every update (0) and support multiple 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

  • Smithereen

    Federated, ActivityPub-compatible social network server with friends, walls, and groups.

  • Unfortunately I don't think it fits any of the projects I work on (and I don't use VSCode to begin with, never had it installed, bit I do see an IntelliJ plugin as well).

    I have one project that's a server application (https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen), but since it uses lots of custom stuff on top of the Spark micro-framework, your plugin would probably not work on it. I imagine it does expect projects to be structured idiomatically for the framework they use, at least to some degree. Spark also doesn't know anything about databases, so that is all custom as well. Oh and I also hacked it a bit with reflection to allow streaming responses.

  • AstroNvim

    AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

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