• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    25 days ago

    Ding ding ding ding ding!

    Like, just BRAND NEW, leaning baby programmer!

    Nope, not that. Haven’t earned the name ‘programmer’ at all.

    Just a guy who is starting to learn and is probably going to abandon learning but is going to try anyway and is trying not to fuck up in the beginning! Guy.

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      25 days ago

      If you want to use VSCode without the Microsoft bits, they actually provide that officially. VSCodium is VSCode with all the Microsoft-specific bits stripped out (or rather, not added in in the first place, at compile time). It’s all open source too so you can either verify yourself or have a knowledgeable friend do an audit on your behalf.

      I use VSCode at work a lot and enjoy it quite a bit. A good alternative would be to use Kate/Kwrite with all of the coding plugins and the linter plugins turned on, the experience is pretty close to VSCode/ium without store extensions.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      25 days ago

      Keep learning and asking questions! Maybe programming isn’t something for you or maybe it’ll be a big pay of your life. You’ll never know without giving it a try.

      Please don’t get discouraged by the curmudgeons. Not all of us experienced in the field have given into grouchiness.