# Is there a bottleneck in the VSCode extension?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-there-a-bottleneck-in-the-vscode-extension/18895>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 1, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-there-a-bottleneck-in-the-vscode-extension/18895 "2023-04-01T17:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sarge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarge/32/19590_2.png) [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/is-there-a-bottleneck-in-the-vscode-extension/18895/1 "2023-04-01T17:24:51Z")

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Regarding the new VSC extension for MakeCode, simulator performance online has always been limited by the browser. So, is the simulator in the VSC extension limited or can it use all resources allocated to VSC? If so, it would make it a lot faster and better to work with