Dev Wellbeing
Healthy coding habits — posture reminders, eye breaks, hydration nudges, and session stats
Runs quietly in the background. Fires gentle reminders at configurable intervals. Tracks session duration and keystrokes.
Features
- Posture reminders — gentle nudges to sit up and unclench shoulders
- 20-20-20 eye breaks — look 20ft away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes
- Hydration nudges — water reminders at a configurable interval
- Session stats — coding duration and keystroke count in the status bar
- Auto-start — activates on VS Code launch when devWellbeing.enabled is true
Requirements
No external tools required. Works entirely within VS Code using native notifications.
Reminders
| Type |
Default |
Description |
| Posture |
Every 45m |
Sit up, unclench shoulders |
| 20-20-20 eye break |
Every 20m |
Look 20ft away for 20s |
| Hydration |
Every 60m |
Have some water |
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Dev Wellbeing: Start Monitoring |
Start all reminder timers |
Dev Wellbeing: Stop Monitoring |
Stop all reminders |
Dev Wellbeing: Show Session Stats |
Duration + keystroke count |
Dev Wellbeing: Configure Thresholds |
Open settings |
Auto-starts on VS Code launch if devWellbeing.enabled is true.
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License
MIT
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