Like, a GUI plus command line, objectively provides you with more UX tools and ways of presenting data and interactions to the user
My long list of vim plugins and adhoc macros would like a word. I don't doubt VSCode can do something similar, but I love that I can script vim to do basically whatever. Also, it feels much faster to not need to touch a mouse at all.
Have you tried messaging with the barrel adjuster for the cable? I normally adjust the cable with the bolt to get roughly the right tension, then use the barrel adjuster to find tune it.