VS Code with a vim plugin is in the uncanny valley of text editors. It doesn't work quite right and a lot of functionality is missing. It's enough that there's more frustration and less productivity for no advantage.
Try the vscode-neovim[1] plugin instead of the more popular vscode-vim plugin. It runs an actual neovim instance in the background and works so much better than vscode-vim, which I also found was "not quite right" and very laggy. It really is excellent, pretty seamless and can't recommend it enough.
One thing I have issues with is autocomplete and using . to repeat the last edit (which includes the autocomplete). Other than that, all fine.
Edit: all the vim commands give me a huge advantage on productivity when editing. All the GUI with plugins gives me a huge advantage on project navigation. Would love to see anyone do better using either one or the other.
The majority of my movements are moving around files and making minor edits that the vim plugin supports well. It saves me from reaching for the mouse in many case, and that's the entire goal for me.
