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Ian Pride

TDLR; - GlassUI and Markdown All In One.

Other than all the normal extensions for the long list of languages I use, my favorite is GlassUI and like you said Markdown All In One. I watch lots of videos (that I don't have to pay too much attention too) while coding and can glance through VSCODE if I want to see what someone is talking about. I have the luxury of being a so-called "hobbyist" so I don't have deadlines to meet lol. Markdown is just awesomely one of the best extensions there. Especially the auto generation of Table of contents.

Almost all of the other extensions are more of a slight convenience for which I can take or leave as I tend to usually write my own types of automation scripts or bins that essentially do the same thing and I only end up using other people's extensions until I get around to writing my own. I do use the TODO extension in VSCODE, but again, I can take it or leave it because I've written several of my own "TODO" programs in various environments and langauges.

Having said that; I only use GlassUI in Linux because in Windows I have written my own universal sort of version of transparent windows in AutoHotkey; for which, I have script and compiled bins (as compiled as AHK can get lol).