I also found configuration to be obnoxious when I first tried VS Code. It's better now. It's still a JSON file, but the UI for editing it has improved a lot ov

I also found configuration to be obnoxious when I first tried VS Code. It's better now. It's still a JSON file, but the UI for editing it has improved a lot over the past year or so. You can search/filter the default configuration to see what options are available, and then you can just click each option to override it in your user or workspace config.