Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks

Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by corytheboyd on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:10PM (#43788532)

Eh MS wasn’t going to just let VSCode derivatives soak up all the AI gold rush money, these companies knew the risks. I wonder what it’s going to mean for projects like Zig, a migration of VSCode refugees could crank things up to 11 pretty quick.

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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by hansvm on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:57PM (#43788809)

How do VSCode refugees impact a project like Zig?

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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by cstrahan on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:29PM (#43789000)

I would bet they meant the editor “Zed”.

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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by corytheboyd on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:11PM (#43815166)

Shoot yeah I did haha

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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by degurechaff on Thursday April 24, 2025 @09:36PM (#43789355)

Zed don't have many extensions like VSCode.

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Re:Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extensio... by corytheboyd on Sunday April 27, 2025 @05:14PM (#43815185)

I guess the point is that VSCode won because it collected critical mass (despite people practically chanting Microsoft’s “embrace, extend, extinguish” game plan). If a sort of exodus were to happen, perhaps that same critical mass would stoke the flames of mass plugin catch-up.

I have no skin in the game, I’m just a guy in the internet back alley throwing down a couple bucks on a dice game.

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