VS Code Setup on MacOS

I'm not a fulltime programmer, but given that I started my career as a Backend & Devops Engineer, I do code on hobbyist projects. Especially with LLMs, I'm trying to code more, and I have my reasons to use VS Code instead of Cursor or Claude Code (more on this someday!)

Here is how I setup my VS code. I'm sure that most (if not all) of these settings could be configured in a config file, but I simply didnt had time to get around to it yet. So I do these steps manually at the moment:

• Disable Minimap scrollbar using:
  • View > Appearance > Deselect "Minimap" 
• Always enable Word Wrap: 
  • Code > Settings, or use the shortcut Cmd + ,.
  • In the search bar at the top, type "word wrap".
  • Under the Editor: Word Wrap dropdown menu, select on. 
• Show "Open files" in sidebar:
  • Go to View > Appearance > Primary Side Bar
  • On Primary sidebar, choose "Explorer".
  • Click three dots next to panel heading "Explorer". Select "Open editors"
• Choose 
  • Code > Settings > Themes >  Color theme > Choose "Monokai".