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Help: VS Code starts memory hog MCP server on its own (programming.dev)

submitted 2 days ago by nebeker@programming.dev to c/vscode@programming.dev

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Occasionally I’ll find my computer slowing down dramatically only to realize a VS Code MCP server is using enough RAM to put me 50GB deep into Swap usage.

The thing is VS Code isn’t even my main IDE, I just use it to browse projects and as a text editor. I don’t need or want it to run an MCP server and I don’t know why it’s doing it.

I’m limited in my ability to provide more details, because I just killed the process last time, to move on with work, and didn’t take notes on what it was exactly. I’ll do that next time.

Has anybody else experienced something like this? It’s a very hard problem to search for - everybody wants to run MCP servers, not stop them.

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or if you want a fast editor built in rust there’s zed: https://zed.dev/

[–] nebeker@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I’m using Helix at home, but I need to be able to collaborate with people with different priorities at work without starting with “it’s similar to Vim, but it’s built in Rust.” It’s important to me to be able to recommend extensions and everything.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

uuh, I see Zed's been available for Windows for a month now. That has always been a blocker for me. I'll definitely try it out.