Is it just me, or is VSCode kind of confusing on how exactly everything works/integrates? When I've tried using it for Python work, getting it to use the right

Is it just me, or is VSCode kind of confusing on how exactly everything works/integrates? When I've tried using it for Python work, getting it to use the right venv/binary seemed difficult and it has all these add-ons that I don't know where they're installed or fetched from. I feel old. I just want highlighting and intellisense to work.