I agree that forcing return to office is either stupid or harmful. But I do like the people I work with, and not seeing them anymore would be saddening
The solution is obvious though, simply allow choice
I don't use VSCode, so I may be wrong, but I think it has version control integration out of the box (maybe just for git), an with it you can review merges and stuff
I'm from Brazil and I'm very happy to have almost fluent english and crappy spanish.
It's also quite useful. Not only is english spoke everywhere online, but there where cases where my spanish was useful for my job.