Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jun 15, 2026Live
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Is Visual Studio Code dead?

Deaditude Score:

23.8%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Alive and kicking. Unlike your career trajectory.
*Data last collected: 6 Jun 2026, 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

Active Support

Question Metrics

Total Questions
32
Answer Rate
38%
Acceptance Rate
6%
Growth
+11%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

How to get rid of this black box in Terminal?
Unanswered123 views
visual-studio-codeterminal
Is it possible to have vscode activate a conda environment for building *without* using python?
Unanswered80 views
rvisual-studio-codeconda
Visual Studio Code - Show buttons of explorer always, not only on hover?
Unanswered77 views
visual-studio-code

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

216,445
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

175
Posts
24.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+65.9%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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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
no I need to update
r/vscode25 days ago
2179(99%)64
Maybe it's time to rename this editor to VSSlop?
r/vscode17 days ago
706(89%)83
Beware of costs in copilot chat.
r/vscode24 days ago
263(89%)98
I still don’t understand the hype around Zed over VS Code
r/vscode26 days ago
194(87%)132
I don't want AI features I want autocomplete and hover to work reliably.
r/vscode1 months ago
102(93%)14
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

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

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
734
🇮🇳India
253
🇩🇪Germany
98
🇫🇷France
69
🇨🇦Canada
50
🇬🇧United Kingdom
38

Market Summary

1,242
Total Jobs
🏢
25,409
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

75
Posts
Last mentioned 2 days ago

Community Interest

Average points9.2
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
6/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
SideX – A Tauri-based port of Visual Studio Code
2 months ago
5241
Official Kotlin Support for Visual Studio Code Is Now Available in Alpha
21 days ago
181
Visual Studio Code 1.112
2 months ago
40
Visual Studio Code for Education roadmap update
27 days ago
23
Visual Studio Code Agents App (Preview)
1 months ago
20
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

Visual Studio Code content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.

Content Metrics

26
Videos
436.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+10.0%

Average Engagement

16.8K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Visual Studio Code:
ProgrammingKnowledge
YouTube Royalty
Tom Bailey
Hobby Channel
CS CORNER Sunita Rai
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
3.2K164
1 months ago
36634
2 months ago
692
1 months ago
362
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
6 Jun 202623.8%
23 May 202635.4%
10 May 202643.7%
26 Apr 202645.1%
12 Apr 202630.9%
30 Mar 202639.3%
16 Mar 202641.9%
2 Mar 202635.3%
17 Feb 202636.6%
3 Feb 202642.4%
20 Jan 202631.8%
7 Jan 202634.0%
24 Dec 202535.9%
10 Dec 202529.9%
27 Nov 202523.1%
13 Nov 202524.0%
31 Oct 202527.7%
18 Oct 202519.1%
4 Oct 202528.7%
20 Sept 202519.4%
7 Sept 202531.3%
24 Aug 202529.5%
10 Aug 202519.4%
28 Jul 202514.4%
14 Jul 202513.5%
30 Jun 202521.2%
17 Jun 202523.9%
3 Jun 202521.9%
10 May 202527.7%

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