As a 2017 Macbook owner there is a couple of things worth keeping documented in order to keep it alive. Here's a compilation of such things.
A curated list of resources for owners of old MacOS devices
Inspired by the awesome list thing.
Apple has a service program for this problem, but it's only valid for within 5 years after purchase.
Both codebases as included in this repo in case any of them gets excluded.
Check /sierra-clean-install
Credits to mrmacintosh.com
Latest version to have support for MacOS 10.12 (Sierra): https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_76
Gives a warning upon installation informing of the old version