It's not you, VS Code. It's the 14 extensions I refuse to remove. Every time I come back, I promise myself this time will be different. It never is.
The cycle
I leave for Neovim, spend a week writing Lua, then open VS Code once for a teammate's project and the extensions start whispering. Fourteen of them. All essential. None optional.
What keeps me sane
I mapped my vim motions everywhere, turned off most of the UI, and accepted that the extensions live here now. They pay rent. It's fine.