[ricoxicano]

Have you considered the possibility that Jetbrain's users are left behind while devcontainers have already taken off?

[sunaookami]

Has it taken off though? It reeks like a semi open-source Microsoft product where the only goal is to lock you into VS Code.

[ed_blackburn]

Yes, I’m aware of the politics, but I’m not about to force developers to switch editors for a single feature. We’re seeing real competition again, with new entrants like Zed, and that’s a good thing—engineers should be free to use the tools they’re most productive in, whether that’s VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, EMACS, Helix, or Zed.

Tooling that claims to improve developer productivity should be editor-agnostic. If Microsoft can’t fully support that, an alternative standard will emerge—because, ultimately, locking developers in rarely works long-term.

Besides, the VS Code golden age has passed. It’s well on its way down the enshittification ramp.