The author is right about VS Code becoming the incumbent solution for text editors ... but for the wrong reasons. As he demonstrates, extensions have largely co

The author is right about VS Code becoming the incumbent solution for text editors ... but for the wrong reasons. As he demonstrates, extensions have largely completed their evolutionary cycle with VS Code playing a heroic role in the final act. And he is also right about the benefits of having of a Very Large Corporation collaborating with the open source community. But instead of asking yourself what will be your daily driver in 10-15 years, ask what you would recommend to a highschool student today? Hint: it won't be EMACS. For me what makes VS Code sing is its vision of collaboration: * Git is a first-class citizen. * Live Share provides real collaboration for distributed workers where you can authenticate with someone else through your GitHub accounts. That sounds pretty good for the COVID era but it will become the norm for remote development. The documentation even has a HOWTO for running a technical interview! https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/liveshare/use/technical-interviews https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/liveshare/use/... Having said that, the Live Share authentication procedure needs some serious sandpapering of its rough edges! And I would really like to see other authentication providers for Live Share beyond GitHub and Microsoft accounts.