[andrewpareles]

Void dev here! As others have mentioned, VSCode strongly limits the functionality that you can build as an extension. A few things we've built that aren't supported as an extension: - the Accept|Reject UI and UX - Cmd+K - Control over the terminal and tabs - Custom autocomplete - Smaller things like ability to open/close the sidebar, onboarding, etc

It's been a lot harder to build an IDE than an extension, but we think having full control over the IDE (whether that's VSCode or something else we build in the future) will be important in the long run, especially when the next iteration of tool-use LLMs comes out (having native control over Git, the UI/UX around switching between iterations, etc).

[mentalgear]

the Accept|Reject UI and UX , Continue as a VS Code extension also seems to manage this

[stevage]

>Smaller things like ability to open/close the sidebar

Are you sure about this one? I'm sure I have used an extension whose whole purpose was to automatically open or close the sidebar under certain conditions.