VSCode.Email Issue #218 (How to Check if a VS Code Extension is Safe)

Issue #218 (How to Check if a VS Code Extension is Safe)06/24/26

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VS Code Tools

Forq — A VS Code extension that turns the editor into a control panel for Claude Code, the native Claude CLI. Launch, isolate, and resume sessions as editor tabs, each in its own Git worktree, all working at once.

OPEN JJ — A VS Code extension that adds support for Jujutsu (AKA jj), the Git-compatible version control system, featuring one-click parallel workspaces, a graphical log, and lots more.

DBCode — A database IDE inside VS Code, with autocomplete, AI queries, and 80+ databases. Sponsor

Paragent — A VS Code extension that provides AI agents that build branches and open pull requests from your editor, just describe a feature and get a PR.

VS Code Theme of the Week

Tomorrow Night Rusty — A nice and calm dark theme that doesn't have too many bold or unique color choices. It's inspired by the color palette used in Rust documentation, hence the name.

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The author recommends that you enable 'semantic highlighting' in VS Code, which you can search for in your settings, for best results. Either way, I think it's a nice theme that stays out of your way, though it doesn't have tons of contrast.

VS Code Articles & Videos

Improving Token Efficiency for GitHub Copilot in VS Code — The VS Code team walks through some recent gains in token efficiency for OpenAI and Anthropic models.

There's No Place Like $HOME — "A ten-year journey of mostly Vim, then VS Code, then back to Vim."

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How to Actually Check if a VS Code Extension is Safe Before You Install It — A practical checklist that's also usefully preceded by an explanation of what exactly any extension has access to on your system.

Best of the Rest

showmd — A free, native Quick Look extension for Mac that renders Markdown beautifully, just press space in Finder and go.

Notepad.exe — A lightweight Mac code editor for Swift, Python, JavaScript, and Go, with instant runs and room to grow.

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xcodebuild.nvim — A plugin designed to let you migrate your app development from Xcode to Neovim, providing all essential actions for development including building, debugging, and testing.

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