Developer Productivity

[Technical Overview] CodeStats is a newly developed VS Code extension designed to address the need for a private and transparent way for developers to track their coding activities. Unlike many proprietary solutions that collect and monetize user data, CodeStats is built on an open-source foundation, ensuring full transparency and user control over data. Its core functionality revolves around the real-time capture and aggregation of programming-related metrics within the VS Code environment....

[Technical Overview] The increasing demand for data-driven insights in software development has led to a surge in tools designed to track developer activity. CodeStats is a new VS Code extension that aims to provide valuable metrics about programming habits while prioritizing user privacy and maintaining an open-source ethos. This contrasts with many existing solutions that often involve cloud-based tracking with potentially opaque privacy practices. CodeStats operates locally, keeping all data within the user’s development environment, ensuring complete data control and transparency....