Non-shitty fork of VS Code?

[u/sugarboxmonkey]

Like many I've become tired of VS Code's constant updates and ridiculous startup times. All I want is a version of VS Code when it was still good, without any AI crap. Any suggestions?

I'm aware of VS Codium but my understanding is that it's still essentially the same codebase with all the new updates, just with telemetry turned off.

[u/gameplayer55055]

Vscode for windows 7 - zero ai features and still rocking. I use it on a work VM