From what I've heard for many devs it replaced an IDE... I still use one myself, but I've a lot of people don't anymore.
Basically IDE free since May 2025. I actually reinstalled vscode when setting up a new machine and I think I've launched it twice?
cc -> local automated testing -> github -> PR -> heavy integration tests -> review (github ui, +/-) -> manual test locally -> merge -> deploy -> manual test remotely -> synthetic user testing -> repeat
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Basically IDE free since May 2025. I actually reinstalled vscode when setting up a new machine and I think I've launched it twice?
cc -> local automated testing -> github -> PR -> heavy integration tests -> review (github ui, +/-) -> manual test locally -> merge -> deploy -> manual test remotely -> synthetic user testing -> repeat