I did exactly the same, though I wasn't an Evil mode user. I quickly found VSCod(e|ium) lacks the internals to even do many of the basic useful things of Emacs.
BTW, if you're an Evil mode user, Zed is probably your better choice. It has more focus on Vim-style keybindings.
BTW, if you're an Evil mode user, Zed is probably your better choice. It has more focus on Vim-style keybindings.