Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
May 15, 2025Live
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Is Visual Studio Code dead?

Deaditude Score:

27.7%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 10 May 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
170,987
total stars
Forks
32,155
total forks
Open PRs
9,615
open pull requests
Recent Commits
1138
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment

Language Distribution

TypeScript95.3%
CSS1.4%
JavaScript1.1%
Rust0.7%
HTML0.5%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

173,886
Subscribers
28
Active Users

Activity Metrics

348
Posts
19.5
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+62.5%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
I made a VS Code Extension to track coding time with beautiful charts and heatmaps
r/vscode1 months ago
1158(99%)84
I am fixing VS Code search
r/vscode18 days ago
533(98%)61
Which is this extension ?
r/vscode21 days ago
462(97%)39
rounded ui for vscode custom css
r/vscode23 days ago
358(97%)48
Minimal rounded corners setup
r/vscode1 months ago
294(96%)46
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

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

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
957
🇮🇳India
328
🇩🇪Germany
152
🇫🇷France
142
🇨🇦Canada
92
🇬🇧United Kingdom
70

Market Summary

1,741
Total Jobs
🏢
15,049
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

67
Posts

Community Interest

Average points7.4
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

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

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagrams in Visual Studio Code
1 months ago
13857
Updating the Visual Studio Code Extension for Swift
3 months ago
51
Vim for Visual Studio Code
8 days ago
30
Visual Studio Code v1.99
1 months ago
20
DVC Extension for Visual Studio Code
1 months ago
20
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

10
Videos
938.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+133.3%

Average Engagement

93.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Visual Studio Code:
James Montemagno
Growing Channel
Maximilian Schwarzmüller
Major Creator
Visual Studio Code
Major Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
20.0K1.0K
1 months ago
2.7K329
1 months ago
3.0K76
14 days ago
1310
Search on YouTube
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