[moonchrome]

This - vscode is an editor with IDE like features - because JS IDEs sucked for a long time this was the better option since you didn't have to pay the overhead of IDE while getting the same functionality. And it's not just the performance, IDEs often expect some project structure, integrate tooling, etc. all of which were too unstable and fast moving for IDE support. Meanwhile vscode is much more suited for a terminal and directory workflow.

With typescript/JS support maturing in IDEs and language being tolling friendly (compared to JS) IDEs are starting to bring some value propositions.