---
title: "I stopped using Visual Studio Code"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-stopped-using-visual-studio-code-foc6hgmmn
source_url: https://h.daily-dev-tips.com/i-stopped-using-visual-studio-code
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
author: "Chris Bongers"
published: 2022-08-05T14:47:44.966Z
updated: 2022-08-05T14:47:44.905Z
tags: ["devtools"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 374
comments: 97
language: en
---

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# I stopped using Visual Studio Code

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@dailydevtips](https://daily.dev/dailydevtips) · 3 min read · 374 upvotes · 97 comments

## Summary

WebStorm is a paid product compared to VSC, which is free. It runs projects without hesitation and has no issue refactoring a widely used import.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@just\_moh\_it** · 29 upvotes

> Really cool article... But as you said, most of the stuff is built-in, including tailwind autocomplete. Considering that, I guess around only 10% of editor's users ever use tailwind. And comparing it to VSCode, for which you even have to install an extension to download a language! I wonder how performant it is, but at this point this is just pure skepticism, so will have to see 😅

**@kiranojhanp** · 17 upvotes

> " I stopped using Visual Studio Code just to be different from everyone else"

**@axibord** · 17 upvotes

> the only thing that i found useful in webstorm is refactoring, i agree it's 1000x times better than vscode, other than that there is nothing it can do, vscode can't. Tell me if i'm wrong

**@fuadpashayev** · 4 upvotes

> So cool article, but opening time matters in JetBrains products. I am using WebStorm, PhpStorm but comparing to VSCode opening time is much higher than VSCode. And when it comes to extensions, we can set up extensions just once and export it for using on any env. And also ram usage is higher in JetBrains than VSCode.

**@kyoukhana** · 4 upvotes

> I am still waiting for Fleet to be released

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