[bitexploder]

Ultimately, VS Code just works. I have bounced between Emacs and VS Code as a long time (many years) Emacs user. Things break less often, the extensions are nice, the extension model of the editor is much more coherent, and JavaScript is just a language I find easier to work with. It is much easier to find JavaScript that already solves some problem I have if I am extending the editor. The Python support is good enough. The extensions are all fine. The integrated terminal is actually quite decent, whereas Emacs integrated terminals have never actually been very good in my opinion. Lots of little things. I still use emacs for some things, but generally... VS Code is also open source so I am not too worried about the longevity of the editor at this point. Those are some things off the top of my head.

[laughingman2]

Oddly I left vscode for emacs for Tramp. Tramp makes it possible for me to have autocomplete, remote repl, remote debugging out of the box (with the python layer plugins in spacemacs). sshfs + terminal never felt integrated and autocomplete doesn't work from the python environment in the remote machine. That was the moment I thought that the flexibility of emacs is hard to match with text editors having a plugin system. I wonder if something like tramp will ever be written into vscode.