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For those who pass the "yes" filter – congratulations. VS Code 1.29.2 is the pinnacle of legacy code editing. It is lightweight, stable, and historically significant. It represents a time before Electron bloat, before mandatory telemetry, and when a 300MB RAM footprint was considered "heavy." For those who pass the "yes" filter – congratulations