Good question. From an engineering perspective, the codebases are different, so (with the exception of some components like JS/TS language service) the two will continue to evolve separately until we invest further in consolidating engineering efforts. From a product perspective, VS and VSCode appeal to different communities, and we need to be cognizant of that whenever we consider lighting up new functionality. Is there a specific feature or improvement you're especially excited about?
Nothing specifically, sorry. :)
I'm getting back into the MS stack after a multiple year absence. VSCode works really nice and I expect the same from the latest VS version (which I have not used professionally yet). Dunno, just excited about diving back into the whole ecosystem.