Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jul 15, 2025Live
Now fully open source!View on GitHub

Is Visual Studio Code dead?

Deaditude Score:

13.5%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You won't be laughed at for using this. Today.
*Data last collected: 14 Jul 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

Codebase Activity

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Reddit Drama

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Youtube Clickbaits

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Stackoverflow copypasting

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Job offering

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Companies adoption

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Hacker News Hype

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2015

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment

Stack Overflow Analysis

Needs Help

Question Metrics

Total Questions
120
Answer Rate
18%
Acceptance Rate
12%
Growth
+38%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Having issues with "Hello world" project
Unanswered67 views
c++visual-studio-code
Setting output directories in CMake
Unanswered28 views
c++visual-studio-codecmake
Not able to connect to remote linux server using VScode
Unanswered17 views
linuxvisual-studio-codessh

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

181,946
Subscribers
34
Active Users

Activity Metrics

325
Posts
20.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+103.0%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

2 mentions of migrating away from Visual Studio Code detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Someone just lost $500,000 for using cursor extensions.
r/vscode2 days ago
2167(99%)184
When your fork charges double and the OG calls you out 😬VS Code dissed Cursor AI
r/vscode6 days ago
1136(96%)105
what is this extension?
r/vscode5 days ago
1104(96%)69
I built a VSCode extension to see your codebase on an infinite canvas.
r/vscode2 days ago
731(98%)114
I am no expert, but this is not possible...
r/vscode13 days ago
266(92%)82
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Visual Studio Code jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
730
🇮🇳India
241
🇩🇪Germany
149
🇫🇷France
90
🇨🇦Canada
50
🇬🇧United Kingdom
47

Market Summary

1,307
Total Jobs
🏢
19,406
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Visual Studio Code is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about Visual Studio Code, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

81
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago

Community Interest

Average points12.0
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
6/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Kotlin-Lsp: Kotlin Language Server and Plugin for Visual Studio Code
1 months ago
175119
Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagrams in Visual Studio Code
3 months ago
13857
Visual Studio Code: Text Buffer Reimplementation (2018)
1 months ago
546
Visual Studio Code 1.102
4 days ago
80
Creative Writing in Visual Studio Code
1 months ago
50
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Some Content

YouTubers discovered Visual Studio Code generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.

Content Metrics

13
Videos
1.2M
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%

Average Engagement

88.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Visual Studio Code:
IAmTimCorey
Growing Channel
LoFi Alpaca
Hobby Channel
Visual Studio Code
YouTube Royalty

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.0K138
1 months ago
87629
1 months ago
39613
1 months ago
30
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

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DateScore
14 Jul 202513.5%
30 Jun 202521.2%
17 Jun 202523.9%
3 Jun 202521.9%
10 May 202527.7%

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