This kind of thing is really indicative of the kind of wilful ignorance tech has been plagued by, gee I wonder why folk use a platform that is essentially a textbox and preview in a browser instead of *checks notes* learning to use the vs code ui 馃ぁ
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There's a bloody minded refusal to acknowledge the power of something being easy to use, and a latent judgement of folk for choosing that.. If developer culture hadn't had this toxicity we might be in a better position to influence people's choices in this mess
I'd put a more charitable interpretation on this: ease of use is situational. If you get the thing automatically from VS Code, that is the easy-to-use option if you are someone who already has VS Code installed and uses it for things. A new feature in a product that you already use is lower friction (assuming it composes well with existing functionality) than a new product.
@david_chisnall are you seriously arguing that using vs code is in any sense easier than typing text into a textbox in a web page because if so idk what to tell you
For someone already using VS Code? Yes. Something that integrates with your existing workflow is absolutely easier than having to context switch to a different application and type text there. There are lots of tools whose UI is just 'type it into a web browser' that I don't use because they are higher friction than the equivalent functionality built into an app I'm using already.
For someone who isn't already running VS Code? No.
