Set up port forwarding / http tunnel natively on VSCode

I am going to assume you already know what http tunnels are for, and also ngrok.

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Multiple ways to get to this tab, including the tower icon bottom left or good old cmd+shift+p

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Choose your port of choice, and sign in through MS/GitHub. Very self-explanatory.

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Change visibility to public, and optionally change protocol to https if requied.

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This dialog box shows up the first time you access the tunnel link. And that's about that.

And et voilà! We have a free ngrok alternative right within our beloved Visual Studio Code!