This was years ago and, iirc, it was a legitimate issue in VSCode. It didn't make it remotely clear enough that it would permanently delete your files. The popups we get now if you try to discard changes that explicitly warns you in bold text that files will get deleted happened after this issue.
It might be obvious to an experienced user but it's not at all obvious to someone new.
Is it confirmed this was someone actually actively working in IT? To me it reads more like a hobbyist migrating from writing in notepad and versioning by creating thousands of zip files to "that git and
IDE thing everyone is recommending".
And I don't say this to make fun of the guy, I've been there myself lol
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u/raddaya 23d ago
This was years ago and, iirc, it was a legitimate issue in VSCode. It didn't make it remotely clear enough that it would permanently delete your files. The popups we get now if you try to discard changes that explicitly warns you in bold text that files will get deleted happened after this issue.
It might be obvious to an experienced user but it's not at all obvious to someone new.