The future of VSCode is quite uncertain, as newer "IDEs" are moving-on toward not seeing any code, and soon not even seeing the filetree as we are going toward the path of full automation.

VSCode might retain old-school developers but it will keep shrinking.

I have a similar impression. I think it's because the workflow isn't fully refined, and the IDE interfaces don't match that undefined flow. These are strange times; for a moment, I felt Antigravity was what I needed, but it was just a stripped-down VSCode. I simply don't understand the new VSCode Agents window. The impact is so vast that many of us are returning to the simplicity and power of the terminal.