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The Art of Simplicity

VS Code now includes Planning mode (also called 'Hannibal mode'), which extends GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode to handle multi-step coding tasks with a structured approach. Unlike Visual Studio's implementation, VS Code offers Planning mode as a separate chat agent, giving developers explicit control over when it's activated. The feature creates detailed execution plans before generating code, allows plan editing, and includes follow-up questions to refine the approach before implementation begins.

VS Code Planning mode

because I’m also a history and warfare nerd, that hannibal mention is enough to make me stop making fun of Vscode for a whole month.

ive tried switching to anti-gravity but now with this i know its better planning mode is always the best step to be a productive programmer

I would really consider to not use Copilot at all…
When i made the switch over to Claude Code in the CLI, it was a literal game changer. It’s WAY ahead, just try it out yourselves.