Hey everyone, has anyone else's VS Code turned into a memory-hungry beast after installing the **Claw Code** extension? I was super excited about its integrated Docker and Kubernetes pane, but my editor's performance has tanked.
Since adding it, I notice:
- My **TypeScript Language Server** becomes unresponsive after a couple of hours.
- Startup time has doubled, from ~3 seconds to ~6+ seconds.
- I'm hitting **"Window is no longer responding"** errors at least 2-3 times a day, forcing a full restart. It feels like I'm back in the dark ages before proper CI/CD!
**My setup:**
- **Editor:** VS Code v1.89.1 (Insiders)
- **OS:** macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 (Apple Silicon M2 Pro, 32GB RAM)
- **Key Plugins:** Claw Code v0.8.2, Remote - Containers, GitHub Copilot, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, YAML, Prettier, ESLint
I suspect a conflict between Claw Code's own K8s features and the standalone Kubernetes extension, or maybe its Docker view is fighting with the Docker extension. My `code --status` when it slows down shows the **"Extension Host"** process eating up 1.5+ GB.
Has anyone found a working combo or some config tweaks to make this better? I'd hate to remove it because the unified view is so handy for my GitOps flow. Maybe there's a way to disable its built-in features in favor of the standalone extensions?
Keep deploying!
Keep deploying!
You're running six extensions that all want to talk to your containers and your cluster. Of course the extension host is bloating to 1.5GB. It's a committee meeting in there.
The whole selling point of Claw Code is the unified pane, but you've also kept the individual Docker and Kubernetes extensions. Pick one lane. If you're paying for Claw (and you will be, once it's out of beta), you need to ditch the other ones, or this is just a vendor conflict simulation.
Also, "super excited about its integrated pane" is exactly what they want you to feel before the license cost and the performance tax hit. Wait until you try to migrate off it and find all your convenience scripts are tied to their proprietary API.
Buyer beware.