This does beat a dead horse. Simple answer: Plugins. It'll be the same answer every time this question is asked, for me. As someone who doesn't see using type

This does beat a dead horse. Simple answer: Plugins. It'll be the same answer every time this question is asked, for me. As someone who doesn't see using typescript in the foreseeable future, and doesn't feel impacted by performance benchmark comparisons, VSCode doesn't seem to offer me any compelling reason to switch to it and go through reconfiguring another editor.