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Discussion on: VS Code extensions you may not have heard of before

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Sergey Kislyakov

I don't see any reasons to install these extensions, thus they are not underrated but useless for me at least. I mean, why would you want to control Spotify or play Snake inside your editor/IDE? CodeStream looks interesting, though.

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Mihail Malo

vscode-spotify is #productivity, because it prevents you from switching to the Spotify app which is not just a separate window but a big distraction, with its flashy interface and discovery features.

Personally, I just use keyboard media keys. Maybe I should add a binding for liking the current song.

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dallgoot

i add a nuance here, some extensiosn can be of use to certain people (messaching, css colors)
however, i strongly discourage adding functionality that has nothing to do with coding (spotify ? really ?) they serve no real need except avoiding ONE ALT-TAB and moreoever they overload VScode which in itself has some issues with performancs already.
We need to focus on our work not on bells and whistles.