> I don't want to use Microsoft technologies unless forced to or no better alternatives

Agreed there.

> (GitHub

Github is probably in the "forced to" category, since the employer, not employee, decides, I assume.

> / vscode)

… but really? Vim. I've yet to see someone using VSCode on a VC meeting stream that isn't seemingly floundering. What does VSCode get me, aside from a proprietary editor from a company I do not trust? Telemetry and AI slop built in?

Or, you know, ed is the standard editor. /s