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rcxdudetoday at 11:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Apart from this feature specifically, in general people would like their IDE to run language servers, set up build systems, and any number of other things which are likely to require some configuration which allows executing some code in the folder to work. VS code has a restricted mode to prevent this, which you need to accept a dialog to disable, but it also disables most of its features.


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jotaentoday at 12:30 PM

> in general people would like their IDE to run language servers, set up build systems, and any number of other things

That I understand, I’m mainly wondering why all that would have to happen automatically by merely opening a folder.

My personal preference may differ here, but for things like running a build or starting a dev server, I usually prefer to trigger them manually, and not have them silently executed only by me browsing through the sources.

Therefore I’m trying to understand whether there are legitimate use-cases for this “auto-run on open folder” feature besides the obvious convenience aspect of saving one or two extra clicks.