It's worth mentioning that you should turn off "Extensions: Auto Update" or it'll automatically put 1.1.0 back! This is also probably why it suddenly happened in the first place. I had to to restart VS Code once I changed this setting too, as it still auto updated a couple of times for me, before I did. (Preferences > Settings > Features > Extension Viewlet > Auto Update (can also search for auto update to get to this)

Hi! You can use this command line tool: https://hackmd.io/s/HJhUcamxQ#

I have not had too many issues with the PyMakr plugin for atom. But I can understand if you do not like that setup. At least with more recent version of the plugin (November is the last I used it heavily), I did not have problems. What I remember annoying me the most was not being able to copy from the REPL. rshell is also a good option when you have a physical serial connection https://github.com/dhylands/rshell

I got this to work on a different pc with windows 10, 32 bit installer of the the visual studio code (even though windows 10 install is a 64 bit install). 64 bit install of the visual studio code didnt work with the pymakr plugin for me.