@dch oh, I can't say anything about #BSD though! But I want to note that if you want to use #VSCode specifically on #NixOS, you'll have to jump through a little bit of hoops to make sure that autoupdate system works, because #VSCode update distribution breaks deterministic builds, obviously.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NixOS/comments/ybb08b/if_i_manage_visual_studio_code_packages_via_home/