--- title: "I didn't notice this VS Code feature until it made me question how I code" url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-didn-t-notice-this-vs-code-feature-until-it-made-me-question-how-i-code-wl5gkp0jc source_url: https://bartwullems.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-didnt-notice-this-vs-code-feature.html type: article source: "The Art of Simplicity" published: 2026-02-17T06:10:12.698Z updated: 2026-08-24T06:54:44.080Z tags: ["ai", "github", "productivity", "vscode"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 81 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I didn't notice this VS Code feature until it made me question how I code **[The Art of Simplicity](https://daily.dev/sources/bartwullems)** · 2 min read · 81 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary VS Code 1.103 introduced AI Statistics, a status bar feature that tracks the ratio of AI-generated code versus manual typing over the last 24 hours. The feature provides visibility into how much developers rely on AI coding assistants, helping them make more intentional decisions about when to use AI completions versus writing code manually. Enable it by searching for "AI stats" in settings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-didn-t-notice-this-vs-code-feature-until-it-made-me-question-how-i-code-wl5gkp0jc)