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10 VS Code extensions now completely destroyed by AI & coding agents

These lovely VS Code extensions used to be so very helpful to save time and be more productive.

But this is 2025 now, and coding agents and AI-first IDEs like Windsurf have them all much less useful or completely obsolete.

1. JavaScript (ES6) code snippets

What did it do?
Provided shortcut-based code templates (e.g. typing clg → console.log()), saving keystrokes for common patterns.

Why less useful:
AI generates code dynamically based on context and high-level goals — not just boilerplate like forof → for (...) {} and clg → console.log(...) . It adapts to your logic, naming, and intent without needing memorized triggers.

Just tell it what you want at a high-level in natural language, and let it handle the details of if statements and for loops and all.

And of course when you want more low-level control, we still have AI code completions to easily write the boilerplate for you.

2. Regex Previewer

What did it do?
Helped users write and preview complex regular expressions for search/replace tasks or data extraction.

Why less useful:
AI understands text structure and intent. You just ask "extract all prices from the string with a new function in a new file" and it writes, explains, and applies the regex.

3. REST Client

What did it do?
Let you write and run HTTP requests (GET, POST, etc.) directly in VSCode, similar to Postman.

Why less useful:
AI can intelligently run API calls with curl using context from your open files and codebase. You just say what you want to test — "Test this route with curl".