I 'adapted' before VSCode was a thing (we had Sublime, Textmate, etc). The main issue for most people is that the standard install is pretty barebones in terms

I 'adapted' before VSCode was a thing (we had Sublime, Textmate, etc). The main issue for most people is that the standard install is pretty barebones in terms of ergonomic enhancements. Sure, the default Emacs install has _way_ more functionality than a VSCode install full of plugins. But it won't have simple things like fuzzy search for commands, buffers, etc. I'd suggest looking into Spacemacs, or Doom Emacs if you are comfortable with VI. Those will have sane defaults and cut down on the amount of script snippets you have to add considerably.