Why not just use vscode if you want a more featured experience, and vim/neovim if you want a minimalistic experience?
(not including the fact that Microsoft owns vscode and that some parts are not open source, im aware of that, so no need to mention it)
In fairness, vscode is much better than Emacs in terms of “ease of use” for plugins and debugging. But not a patch on the overall integrated experience. LSP the big game changer that bought me back to coding in Emacs though dap is still very underwhelming.