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The VS Code Extensions I Open Every Single Day
Seven tools that survived a ruthless cleanup, and the ones I deleted without regret.
My extensions list used to be 60 items long. VS Code took 11 seconds to start, half the extensions were fighting each other, and I couldn’t tell you what most of them did.
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Then I ran an experiment: disable everything, and only re-enable an extension the moment I actually miss it.
Seven survived. These are the ones I open every single day while working on .NET APIs, Angular front ends, and SQL databases. No themes, no icon packs, no “top 50 extensions” padding. Just tools that earn their place.
How I decide what stays
Before the list, my filter. An extension stays only if it passes at least two of these:
- It saves me a context switch: I don’t have to leave the editor to do something.
- It prevents a class of bugs: not just formatting, but real mistakes.
