VSCode.Email Issue #212 (A Local AI Workspace in VS Code)

Issue #212 (A Local AI Workspace in VS Code)05/13/26

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VS Code Tools

Figma to Code — A VS Code extension to convert Figma designs to React or Vue 3 components with AI, no Figma plugin needed, and also available as a CLI.

SQL Crack — A VS Code extension that visualizes SQL queries as interactive execution flow diagrams so you can understand complex queries at a glance, track data lineage across your entire workspace, and identify optimization opportunities with professional-grade visual analysis.

Do You Know VS Code's Native Features? — A 346-page e-book in EPUB and PDF formats that includes 150+ native tips and 450+ screenshots, to help you customize and learn Visual Studio Code, the world's most popular code editor. Sponsor

peon-ping — Add Warcraft III Peon voice notifications in your terminal in Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, and any AI agent.

VS Code Theme of the Week

Firefox Theme — A pair of themes (one dark, one light) that use colors that mimic the Firefox Developer tools.

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Depending on whether you use Firefox's DevTools in light or dark mode, you'll see the similarity. It's primarily in the syntax highlighting, which is similar to what you see when working in the Inspector, the Console, Network, and so on.

VS Code Articles & Videos

Building a Fully Local AI Workspace Inside VS Code — A practical guide to running local AI models inside VS Code using LM Studio, Cline, and offline coding workflows.

GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, April releases — From the GitHub blog, a changelog that covers releases v1.116 through v1.119, the releases shipped throughout April and early May 2026.

Meco: Enjoy Newsletters in a Space Designed for Reading — Meco is a distraction-free space for reading and discovering newsletters, separate from the inbox. Add your newsletters in seconds and liberate your inbox today! Sponsor

I Built My Entire Second Brain Inside VS Code and Stopped Switching Apps Entirely — If you find it too cumbersome to constantly switch between multiple productivity apps, you might enjoy this summary of how one developer uses VS Code to do the same things those apps do.

Best of the Rest

ORGN CDE — A secure AI IDE for software development with confidential computing, TEE isolation, and cryptographic attestation. Currently in alpha but the early access is accessible to the public.

Nextpad++ — An open source and independent community port of Notepad++ to macOS, with features like support for 80+ programming languages, a plugin ecosystem, split view, macro recording, and more.

Web Tools Weekly — Check out my largest newsletter, the only one in the industry focused solely on sharing the latest and greatest in tools for CSS, JavaScript, React, AI, SVG, Vue, Node.js, and lots more. Sponsor

Core JavaScript and TypeScript Features Become Free in IntelliJ IDEA — The JetBrains team announces that some core JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS features (previously included with the Ultimate subscription only) are now available for free in IntelliJ IDEA v2026.1.

Suggestions?

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