“You see old friend. I brought more soldiers than you did” Lol my first thought as well

This isn’t true. Defacing money for the purpose of fraud or to melt coins for their metal value is illegal but creating elongated coins is not. Elongated Coin Legality

I feel the same way. Vscode has its place but certain restrictions and recent changes have me considering a move. I’m currently experimenting with ZED (https://zed.dev/) to see if it fits all my needs.