[browningstreet]

I'm surprised anyone thought Google would stay committed to an IDE product built on Microsoft's VS Code.

This was clearly an experiment or stepping stone, they were never going to stick to this path. It was always going to go away.

[dist-epoch]

The most widely used IDE inside Google to work on Google products, Cider, is based on VS Code.

https://laurent.le-brun.eu/blog/a-history-of-ides-at-google

[browningstreet]

And?

Companies build all kinds of internal tools that are at odds with their long term brand and public product strategy.