VSCodium

Really just Visual Studio Code, without the bloat of telemetry.

It's Visual Studio Code, but even more FOSSy! It also features some other slight differences:

• VSCodium has its own custom-designed branding (logos, etc.), thus avoiding the use of proprietary branding, and remaining truly Open (no offense to Microsoft--VS Code is a solid application, or else VSCodium wouldn't have been born.)
• There is no telemetry data collected from users of VSCodium. Personally, I don't care about telemetry for the most part. As a fellow software engineer, I realize just how valuable it can be in stopping bugs, maintaining stability and being able to build and improve upon what you have already built. But many people don't like any telemetry whatsoever, however anonymous, and that's not a bad thing. It's a matter of taste. :)

[Edited by Szubxero, June 24]

They seem to update to catch pretty fast.

As useful as VS Code, but without VS Code's privacy invading parts.

VSCodium is a great application for dev or notes.
In addition it is really flexible.