It has a better extension ecosystem by a wide, wide margin. Some of the benefits that can bring from my personal experience: - Using the same editor setup for

It has a better extension ecosystem by a wide, wide margin. Some of the benefits that can bring from my personal experience: - Using the same editor setup for tons of different environments (Python, C/C++, Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Go, and more are all very well supported) - The VS Code remote editing extensions are fantastic: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview - There are live collaboration extensions that let you pair program with other devs over the internet, with really good responsiveness - The remote extension also lets you specify a dockerfile/image ref + plugin configuration in your repository, which can then be used for your editing. This effectively gives you transparent, Git-based, immutable development environments. This can be a big productivity boost. I've also found it pretty easy for most people to pick up and use, and it's also fairly lightweight and reasonable IME.