VS Code is one of the worst apps out there? Every time a VS Code release is posted to HN, the app gets almost universal praise for the rate of development and feature support.

Here's an example of a thread from the April update: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14267424

Electron is a resource hog, but is CPU/RAM really at much of a premium? I run VS Code and Slack on a used Macbook Air from 2012 without issue while also running Chrome and other processes.