Daily verified historical computing milestones, aerospace engineering breakthroughs, and primary sources directly in your Visual Studio Code status bar. Powered by Useful Finds Daily.
⚡ Features
Subtle Status Bar Item: Sits quietly in the bottom status bar ($(rocket) Today in Tech: Sputnik 1 Launched).
One-Click Story Context: Click the status item to read the historical summary and open the full primary-source analysis.
Fact-Checked & Non-Sensationalist: Sourced strictly from NASA archives, IEEE, ACM, and computer history museums.
Zero Resource Consumption: Pure native VS Code API, zero background network polling overhead.
🚀 How to Use
Install from the Visual Studio Code Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X) by searching for Today in Tech History.
Look at the bottom-right of your status bar to see today's milestone.
Click it to read the story and jump to the in-depth engineering deep-dive on Useful Finds Daily.
