VS Code is the best productivity app on my PC, and I barely use it for coding anymore
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VS Code is being used as a general-purpose productivity and note-taking app, not just a code editor. Its file-native approach (no proprietary formats, no data lock-in), built-in terminal, syntax highlighting for any file type, and rich extension ecosystem make it more versatile than dedicated productivity tools like Notion or Obsidian. The author stores Markdown notes, homelab documentation, configs, and CSVs all in VS Code, and uses the integrated terminal to run commands directly alongside documentation — something no other text editor or note-taking app can match.
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How VS Code turned into a productivity appA text editor with a built-in terminalAren't there apps already built for this?265K Impressions11 Comments