--- title: Explain Code in VS Code - Instant time complexity,... description: Figstack helps you instantly understand code by having it explained to you step-by-step - directly in VS Code. Embed this code into your own code and share it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/explain-code-in-vs-code---instant-time-complexity-explanation-and-documentation-uyd7x4w-b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Explain Code in VS Code - Instant time complexity, explanation, and documentation | daily.dev og:description: Figstack helps you instantly understand code by having it explained to you step-by-step - directly in VS Code. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alexandru\_chiri** · 1 upvotes > The "Explain Code" of Figstack might be pretty good. **@sidmohanty11** · 1 upvotes > wow!!!!! **@rajvirsingh1313** · 0 upvotes > I am pretty amazed by the accuracy of it's explaination, I hope they keep it free, but keeping that aside it is pretty useful extension **@amghnass** · 0 upvotes > ❤️ worth a try ✨ **@rajvirsingh1313** · 0 upvotes > I think there is no need for writing comments by myself as it is so good, gonna just select the whole file and then let it do it's job --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#time-complexity](https://daily.dev/tags/time-complexity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/explain-code-in-vs-code---instant-time-complexity-explanation-and-documentation-uyd7x4w-b) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Explain Code in VS Code - Instant time complexity, explanation, and documentation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/explain-code-in-vs-code---instant-time-complexity-explanation-and-documentation-uyd7x4w-b","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/explain-code-in-vs-code---instant-time-complexity-explanation-and-documentation-uyd7x4w-b"},"datePublished":"2021-09-07T07:08:01.409Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:56:13.625Z","description":"Figstack helps you instantly understand code by having it explained to you step-by-step - directly in VS Code. 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