Except it was announced 2 days later: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12967847
It's not really a port though, just another piece of software labelled "Visual Studio something-or-other".
Re:Electron considered harmful
by santaclaus on Thursday November 24, 2016 @02:01PM
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Visual Studio Code isn't exactly a port either -- it is kind of interesting that Microsoft now has three entirely separate projects out there with the 'Visual Studio' branding.
That would explain why this is the first time I hear about it :)