Issue #177 (VS Code for Non-Developers)09/10/25
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A feature that was added to VS Code earlier this year that you may have already started using is Next Edit Suggestions (NES). It's not available using the free version of GitHub Copilot but with a paid plan it's turned off by default, and you can enable it using the setting nextEditSuggestions.enabled under the GitHub Copilot settings.
As outlined in the VS Code docs, it's kind of like a future-thinking autocomplete. They explain:
"Based on the edits you're making, Copilot NES both predicts the location of the next edit you'll want to make and what that edit should be. NES suggests future changes relevant to your current work, and you can simply Tab to quickly navigate and accept suggestions."
When a suggestion is given, you'll see an arrow appear in the gutter, next to the line numbers:
The indicator in the gutter is a guide to help you know where to go for your 'next edit suggestion'.
A related setting called Render Side By Side, found in the inline suggest settings, allows you to control how the suggestions appear. By default they're shown either side-by-side or below, depending on the size, but you can disable that and always show them below
Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
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VS Code Tools
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FlouState — A VS Code extension that lets you track time and analyze that type of work you've done, so you can see how much time you spend coding, debugging, etc.
CodeRabbit — A VS Code extension that lets you do free AI code reviews that run directly in VS Code, allowing you to review each commit immediately without waiting for a PR to be raised, to catch bugs quicker.
The Morning Paper for Tech — Want a byte-sized version of Hacker News that takes just a few minutes to read? Try TLDR's free daily newsletter. It covers the most interesting tech, startup, and programming stories in just 5 minutes. No sports and no politics. Sponsor
Explain-o-matic — A VS Code extension that enables voice-guided code walkthroughs that are useful for LLM-generated code, so you can quickly understand what the code is about with high level summaries.
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VS Code Theme of the Week
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Eva Theme — This is a light and dark theme with variations that's described simply as a "comfortable and semantic theme".
I didn't particularly care for the dark version, so I'm showing the light version above, which I think is very good for a light theme. The variations for each theme are normal (shown above), bold, italic, and italic bold.
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VS Code Articles & Videos
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📺 VS Code for Non-Developers — An interesting spin on learning VS Code, specifically for those who don't write code. A useful intro for those in writing or marketing who use Markdown regularly.
IntelliSense in the VS Code Terminal — A quick tip for enabling IntelliSense in the terminal, currently in Preview mode and disabled by default.
The Morning Paper for Tech — Want a byte-sized version of Hacker News that takes just a few minutes to read? Try TLDR's free daily newsletter. It covers the most interesting tech, startup, and programming stories in just 5 minutes. No sports and no politics. Sponsor
Smarter, Workspace-Aware Code Completions for C++ in VS Code — A quick update on some recent improvements in GitHub Copilot that help developers working with C++.
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Best of the Rest
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Early Thoughts on Kiro, Amazon’s New Agentic IDE & VS Code Fork — Kiro is still in early development, you can sign up for the waitlist, but here's one developer's early opinion on it.
BrowserTools MCP — A powerful browser monitoring and interaction tool that enables AI-powered applications via Anthropic's MCP to capture and analyze browser data through a Chrome extension.
Web Tools Weekly — My largest newsletter, sent every Thursday, featuring the latest tools for JavaScript, CSS, React, Vue, SVG, and more. Join 13,000+ subscribers for the latest tools and apps for developers. Sponsor
Awesome Neovim — An up to date repository of collections of Neovim plugins, specifically targeting Neovim features (no Vim-compatible plugins included).
If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resource related to VS Code or another IDE, you can hit reply, send it via DM on X, or via chat on Bluesky.
That's it for this issue.
Happy VS Coding!
Louis
VSCode.Email
@LouisLazaris
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