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Fix VSCode Screen Flicker (Mac Apple Silicon)
  1. Open VSCode, cmd + shift + p
  2. Search for Preferences : Configure Runtime Arguments
  3. This will open the argv.json file with startup setting for VSCode.
// This configuration file allows you to pass permanent command line arguments to VS Code.
// Only a subset of arguments is currently supported to reduce the likelihood of breaking
// the installation.
//
// PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT
//
// NOTE: Changing this file requires a restart of VS Code.
{
    // Use software rendering instead of hardware accelerated rendering.
    // This can help in cases where you see rendering issues in VS Code.
    "disable-hardware-acceleration": true, // <-- This is the fix

    // Allows to disable crash reporting.
    // Should restart the app if the value is changed.
    "enable-crash-reporter": true,

    // Unique id used for correlating crash reports sent from this instance.
    // Do not edit this value.
    "crash-reporter-id": "0e00d91d-f4dc-4f4b-99d2-006cbad4b2c7"
}
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