Magit was the last thing I had to let go of before deleting Emacs, and it took a while, too, before I could delete it altogether. Magit is really powerful. But after a decade of not using it, I struggle to remember whatever it was that was more convenient than just using VS Code's built in git committer and git tree viewer. Honestly, I don't think anything anymore, except slightly more convenient keyboard shortcuts. I can't help but wonder how much software has that kind of grip on me, where I think it's indispensable until I get used to the alternatives.

The shortcuts are kind of a big deal though. Im writing transient modes for everything I can. Its the perfect UI for git but also other productivity tasks. For example I wrapped our issue tracker (youtrack) in a transient mode and it has made it so much more enjoyable to use.

Yeah, Transient is very nice. Watch my vid for some good ideas https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44025635 (unrelated to Magit)