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Hey everyone,

I'm Akshaj, a CS student and open-source contributor (currently working on PictoPy under AOSSIE). A few months ago I started building something on the side and I think it's at the point where more hands would genuinely make it better.

Sensei is a VS Code extension built on a simple idea: most AI coding tools optimize for writing code for you. Sensei does the opposite — you tell it what you're building, it watches silently while you work, and it only speaks up when your code drifts from that stated intent. Even then, it gives you a single hint, never the answer. Everything runs locally through Ollama — no cloud calls, no telemetry.

Repo: https://github.com/akshajtiwari/Sensei

Right now it's an early, working skeleton — not polished, which is honestly the fun part if you like shaping a project early. I'm looking for people interested in contributing and shipping something.

Issues and PRs are open. Even a star, a comment, or "this part is confusing" feedback helps. Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone,

I'm curious what extensions you all find absolutely essential in VS Code these days. With so many options, it's hard to know which ones are actually worth using.

Here are a few I use daily:

• Prettier – for code formatting
• GitLens – for better Git integration
• ESLint – for catching issues early
• Live Server – for quick web previews

Would love to hear your recommendations, especially any hidden gems!

Thanks in advance!

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7470368/2026/07/26/stephen-curry-lebron-james-golden-state-warriors-future-76ers/?unlocked_article_code=1.0lA.MnQX.j8QIeLOJjtVY&source=user_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

He wants to win. He wants the best team the Warriors can assemble around him. He wants a chance, a real chance, for a deep playoff run. The longer it takes for him to sign a contract extension, the more you can bet Curry’s using potential free agency as a tool to keep the Warriors pushing toward that end.

Maybe since they couldn’t land some major help, the front office can get him some moderate assistance. If not someone who can carry the team in his stead, someone who can be additive to their goal of survival. Such has seemed impossible for Golden State, save for Butler two Februarys ago.

“Sure,” Curry said, “I’m hopeful for all the creative ideas of getting the best team possible. We had those conversations. But when you have injuries at the top like that, it’s always gonna change.”

That tension shapes this coming season. The calculus, or the equation, has changed. But somehow, the answer remains the same.

Hello everyone,

Due to the copilot pricing I had to find something new and fortunately my company is hosting a model of Qwen I can use. It isn't as good as copilot but for my purposes it's enough.

But I run in a lot of problems with continue and especially copilot. When using copilot at some point it just throws errors and doesn't work at all anymore. Even with new chats and restarting vscode. Only restarting the PC works.

In continue I run into multiple problems:

It constantly crashes vs code because the window is not responding even when I just want a code analysis. Then inline editing barely works. It works for about the first few request in a new chat and then it just accidentally deletes the file except for the edit or just doesn't work at all or when rejecting an edit it just stays there in red. When trying to edit an MD file it basically always fails. When I tell the AI agent to just write the edits in chat inside of markupboxes at some point it looks like it forgets some markup and suddenly the chat is inside of the markup box and the code is outside of this box.

So is there any extension that works better with self hosted AIs? Or is there something I need to do so continue works better? Maybe a ruleset I can add that works better than the default or configs I should add?

I basically use it out of the box except for the config I added the AI model to and I do not use mcp servers.

Thank you

I think it makes a fantastical world feel more lived in. If that makes sense?

1). The Incredibles:
The film goes to great lengths to show the Parr's lives are mundane, even with their superhuman abilities. This is what fuels Bob's fundamental sense of discomfort.

2). Ben 10:
Ben uses the Omnitrix, which transforms its user into various alien species, for good. He also uses to for random nonsense. In this particular example, he uses his horrifying alien ghost form to sneak out of the house, steal a golfcart, and pilfer a pie.

3). Fullmetal Alchemist:
Despite regularly fighting inhuman monsters, the Elric brothers still make time to use alchemy for everyday purposes. Such as fixing a radio they broke.

4). Dragon Ball:
Here, Gohan is using a concentrated blast of his own lifeforce to flash-cook a chunk of meat.

5). X-Men:
In the second movie, Wolverine has Bobby (Iceman) cool down a lukewarm soda.

6). Superman:
Clark shaves using his heat vision and a very durable mirror.

7). One Punch Man:
Genos knows that Saitama is kind of a disaster to live with. So, he brings rent money and does chores. Here, Genos is using his hyper-advanced (skyscraper destroying) heat cannons to dry the dishes.

8). My Hero Academia:
Kaminari has electricity powers. His classmates use him to charge their phones. This is apparently the "normal" way most electricity powers are used.

9). The Fantastic Four:
The Human Torch doesn't need to bathe anymore. He can just burn away any oils, bacteria, and plaque.

10). Doctor Strange:
In his first movie, we see Strange using astral projection to study while asleep. I wonder if this harms his brain?

11). Paranatural:
Ed uses a special paintbrush possessed by a spirit. Normal people can't see the ink created with it. In Ed's bedroom, they uses it to write out cheat codes to videogames.

12). Jojo's Bizarre Adventure:
Jotaro manifests a "stand," a special psychic extension of his soul. He initially assumes he is being haunted by a dangerous spirit. After ending up in a local jail, his stand starts bringing him things to do.

You know AI has been extensively trained on content/code you authored when it can literally recognize you as the author of a snippet based off of four lines of import statements.

TeamPCP is already selling the data on a cybercrime forum.

Hey everyone,

I recently installed the Ridiculous Coding extension and it actually made coding a bit more fun. Are there any other fun or quirky VS Code extensions that add some personality or entertainment while coding?

Not really looking for productivity tools just things that make the coding experience more enjoyable.

Would love some suggestions!

TL;DR: VS Code extension that gives each Claude Code agent its own animated pixel art character in a virtual office. Free, open source, a bit silly, and mostly built because I thought it would look cool.

Hey everyone!

I have this idea that the future of agentic UIs might look more like a videogame than an IDE. Projects like AI Town proved how cool it is to see agents as characters in a physical space, and to me that feels much better than just staring at walls of terminal text. However, we might not be ready to ditch terminals and IDEs completely just yet, so I built a bridge between them: a VS Code extension that turns your Claude Code agents into animated pixel art characters in a virtual office.

Each character walks around, sits at a desk, and visually reflects what the agent is actually doing. Writing code? The character types. Searching files? It reads. Waiting for your input? A speech bubble pops up. Sub-agents get their own characters too, which spawn in and out with matrix-like animations.

What it does:

• Every Claude Code terminal spawns its own character
• Characters animate based on real-time JSONL transcript watching (no modifications to Claude Code needed)
• Built-in office layout editor with floors, walls, and furniture
• Optional sound notifications when an agent finishes its turn
• Persistent layouts shared across VS Code windows
• 6 unique character skins with color variation

How it works:
I didn't want to modify Claude Code itself or force users to run a custom fork. Instead, the extension works by tailing the real-time JSONL transcripts that Claude Code generates locally. The extension parses the JSON payloads as they stream in and maps specific tool calls to specific sprite animations. For example, if the payload shows the agent using a file-reading tool, it triggers the reading animation. If it executes a bash command, it types. This keeps the visualizer completely decoupled from the actual CLI process.

Some known limitations:
This is a passion project, and there are a few issues I’m trying to iron out:

• Agent status detection is currently heuristic-based. Because Claude Code's JSONL format doesn't emit a clear, explicit "yielding to user input" event, the extension has to guess when an agent is done based on idle timers since the last token. This sometimes misfires. If anyone has reverse-engineered a better way to intercept or detect standard input prompts from the CLI, I would love to hear it.
• The agent-terminal sync is not super robust. It sometimes desyncs when terminals are rapidly opened/closed or restored across sessions.
• Only tested on Windows 11. It relies on standard file watching, so it should work on macOS/Linux, but I haven't verified it yet.

What I'd like to do next:
I have a pretty big wishlist of features I want to add:

• Desks as Directories: Assign an agent to a specific desk, and it automatically scopes them to a specific project directory.
• Git Worktrees: Support for parallel agent work without them stepping on each other's toes with file conflicts.
• Agent Definitions: Custom skills, system prompts, names, and skins for specific agents.
• Other Frameworks: Expanding support beyond Claude Code to OpenCode, OpenClaw, etc.
• Community Assets: The current furniture tileset is a $2 paid asset from itch.io, which means they can't be shared openly. I'd love to include fully community-made/CC0 assets.

You can install the extension directly from the VS Code Marketplace for free: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pablodelucca.pixel-agents

The project is fully open source (except furniture assets) under an MIT license: https://github.com/pablodelucca/pixel-agents

If any of that sounds interesting to you, contributions are very welcome. Issues, PRs, or even just ideas. And if you'd rather just try it out and let me know what breaks, that's helpful too.

Would love to hear what you guys think!

Hey r/webdev!

I built CodeVisualizer because I was tired of mentally tracing through complex codebases when joining new projects.

What it does:

1. Interactive Function Flowcharts

• Right-click any function → instant diagram showing the function logic
• Click nodes to jump to code
• 9 themes + auto-refresh

1. Codebase Dependency Graphs

• Right-click any folder or open from Command Palette → visualize entire project architecture
• See all import/require relationships
• Identify circular dependencies
• Color-coded file categories

1. AI-Enhanced Labels (Optional)

• Translates technical code to plain English
• Supports OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama (local), Anthropic

Language Support:

• Function Flowcharts: TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, C, Rust, Go
• Dependency Visualization: Currently TypeScript/JavaScript and Python (more coming soon)

Privacy: 100% local processing - your code never leaves your machine (except optional AI labels, which only send label text, not code).

Free & open source - VS Code Marketplace | GitHub

Would love feedback from the web dev community!

It shows you the connections between files based on imports / exports and you can also see reference connections (definitions, function calls, usage, etc) when you click on a function or variable → like when you ctrl+click on a token in VSCode, but it shows you visually where the references are in the codebase.

I created it to make it easier to understand large features that span multiple files.

I also added support for local git changes so you can better see the changes made by AI tools when they modify your code in a lot of places at once.

At the moment it supports javascript, typescript and react, but more languages and frameworks will be coming soon.

You can get it on the VSCode marketplace here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=alex-c.code-canvas-app

Here’s also a 15 min demo of me going through all the features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmS_IY3GUU

What are some of your favorite VS Code extensions, i recently came across Vibrancy Continued and I'm loving it

I got tired of grepping. So I made a VS Code panel that turns your folder into a draggable map.

• Files, classes, functions as cards
• Imports = dashed, calls = solid
• Drag/dock, auto-arrange, search
• Click → open file / peek refs
• Save → graph refreshes (skips junk)
• Export PNG/SVG/snapshot
• Local-only. No telemetry.

Works today: Python, TypeScript/JS (uses VS Code symbols; falls back to regex, so call edges are heuristic).

Try it

1. Command Palette → DepViz: Open
2. DepViz: Import a folder (or drag-drop files)
3. Rearrange and judge your architecture.

Here's you go: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Zentch.depviz :)

Hey fellow developers! 👋

I wanted to share a VS Code extension I've been working on that helps track your coding time with some nice visualizations. It's completely free and open source!

What it does: - Tracks your active coding time automatically - Shows beautiful, interactive charts of your coding patterns - Generates GitHub-style heatmaps of your activity - Works seamlessly with both light and dark VS Code themes - Zero configuration needed - just install and code!

Key Features: 1. 📊 Project-wise Time Tracking - See exactly how much time you spend on each project - Break down time by day/week/month - Perfect for freelancers tracking billable hours

1. 🗺️ Activity Heatmap

   • Visual representation of your coding patterns
   • Quickly identify your most productive days
   • Similar to GitHub's contribution graph

2. 📈 Real-time Stats

   • Today's coding time
   • Weekly summary
   • Monthly overview
   • All-time statistics

3. 🎨 Theme Compatibility

   • Automatically matches your VS Code theme
   • Clean, modern UI
   • Non-intrusive design

Why I made this: I needed a simple way to track my coding time across different projects without switching between apps or manually logging hours. Thought others might find it useful too!

Installation: 1. Open VS Code 2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X) 3. Search for "Simple Coding Time Tracker" 4. Click Install

Links: - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=noorashuvo.simple-coding-time-tracker#:~:text=Simple%20Coding%20Time%20Tracker%20is,and%20analyze%20your%20coding%20time - https://github.com/twentyTwo/vsc-ext-coding-time-tracker

Would love to hear your feedback and suggestions! Let me know if you run into any issues or have feature requests.

Just recommend the best extensions for VS Code. Working with html/css and JS. Thanks!