I Built a VS Code Extension to Track My Coding Time — And Kept Your Data 100% Local

📰 Dev.to · Kuldipsinh Parmar

Learn how to build a VS Code extension to track coding time while keeping user data local, and why this matters for developer productivity and privacy

intermediate Published 30 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Build a new VS Code extension using the Yeoman generator
  2. Configure the extension to track coding time using the VS Code API
  3. Implement data storage to keep user data 100% local
  4. Test the extension to ensure accurate time tracking and data privacy
  5. Publish the extension to the VS Code marketplace for others to use
Who Needs to Know This

Developers and DevOps teams can benefit from this extension to track coding time and improve productivity, while also ensuring user data privacy and security

Key Insight

💡 Keeping user data local is crucial for maintaining privacy and security, and can be achieved through careful extension design and implementation

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Key Takeaways

Learn how to build a VS Code extension to track coding time while keeping user data local, and why this matters for developer productivity and privacy

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