I'm on the other end of this. Recently moved to VSCode from Doom (before that neovim), it was just so slow for me. With default settings, switching between projects can take up to 10 seconds, which is instantaneous on VS, and can get actual latency between keypresses. I just didn't know what i was missing.

Anyone who hasn't looked at VS in a while I'd highly recommend it, just spending some time removing the bloat can make for a real clean experience.