I'm a long-time user of free/open source software, and write various things for both fun and profit. I don't take myself all that seriously and I do all of my own stunts.
You can find me at these fine establishments on the web: Open Source Musings, The Monday Kickoff, Weekly Musings. and The Plain Text Project.
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That's all great if you're a coder, but I'm not. Neither are many people who use text editors. Which explains why VS Code hasn't been on my radar.
My focus with this article is multi-purpose editors anyone can use. And from experience, I've found that the three main ones in this article fit that bill.
But if you think VS Code is worthy of an article, please contact me at scottnesbitt[at]opensource[dot]com or send a pitch to the editors here.
Comparatively heavy - it's all a matter of what you need in an editor. Xed is lighter than Geany (which itself is light, as the Geany section of the article points out).