VS Code: Chat Performance Boost & Terminal Fixes
The VS Code team delivered some solid improvements today with 3 merged PRs focusing on chat performance optimizations and terminal keyboard fixes. Rob Lourens led the charge with chat widget optimizations while Anthony Kim tackled keyboard protocol issues, plus Benjamin Pasero added modal editor resizing capabilities.
Duration: PT3M50S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-08T10:23:11Z
- Audio duration: PT3M50S
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Hey there, code crafters! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm your host, and wow, what a productive Saturday the VS Code team had! March 8th brought us some really thoughtful improvements that show the team's commitment to making our daily coding experience smoother.
Let's dive right into today's merged pull requests, because there's a clear theme here - performance and user experience refinements.
First up, Anthony Kim tackled something that might sound technical but affects so many of us daily - the kitty keyboard protocol in the terminal. You know those moments when your keyboard shortcuts don't quite work as expected in the integrated terminal? Well, Anthony bumped the xterm dependency to pull in some…
Now, here's where things get really interesting. Rob Lourens has been on a mission to optimize the chat functionality, and today he delivered not one, but two significant improvements. His first merged PR focused on optimizing the chat anchor widget - and this is a perfect example of thoughtful performance…
But Rob wasn't done there. He also merged a fix that addresses a tricky race condition in chat cancellation. You know how sometimes when you're working…
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