Waypoint

A VS Code extension that finds and jumps to TODO comments scattered across your project, all in one sidebar panel.

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The Problem

TODO, FIXME, HACK, and NOTE comments get scattered across a codebase, making it hard to track open work without manually searching every file.

The Solution

Built a VS Code sidebar extension that scans the workspace for configurable comment tags, groups them by file, supports click-to-jump navigation, live refresh on save, mark-as-done, custom tag colors, and a status bar open-todo count.

Technical Challenges

  • Scanning common file types efficiently across a full workspace
  • Keeping the todo list in sync with live file saves
  • Supporting custom tags and colors via the waypoint.tags setting
  • Handling mark-as-done without deleting the underlying comment
  • Packaging and distributing the extension as a .vsix before Marketplace publishing