Microsoft introduces agent technology to Visual Studio, featuring curated assistants and personalized agent creation tools.

Having long ago seen the handwriting on the wall for the journalism profession with the debut of GenAI, I decided to just cut to the chase and build my replacement now.

Claude Code has pulled ahead of OpenAI's Codex in VS Code Marketplace adoption metrics for tools tagged with 'agent,' just one way to judge these tools for your particular needs in this rapidly ...

VS Code's AI Toolkit and Microsoft Foundry can speed up agent development, but real-world success often depends on picking the right runtime and region, keeping tool-driven context under control, and ...

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

GitHub Copilot CLI is now generally available for all paid Copilot subscribers, offering agentic workflows, multiple AI model support, and specialized agents for terminal-based development.

Microsoft's February 2026 Foundry update includes broader platform changes, but the most immediate developer-facing news for VS Code users is an AI Toolkit refresh centered on tool discovery, agent ...

TypeScript 6.0 RC represents the final major release built on the current JavaScript-based compiler. The upcoming TypeScript 7.0 will use a Go-based native implementation for enhanced speed and memory ...

Microsoft updates its reference WinUI 3 sample app with taskbar integration, clipboard samples, and quality-of-life fixes.

A Hacker News commenter identifying as a VS Code team member said Workspace Trust is the intended security protection against repo-based attacks. The commenter acknowledged user experience issues and ...

Microsoft's Visual Studio February Update (18.3) adds new Copilot agents and workflows for WinForms guidance, test generation, call stack analysis, profiling with unit tests, C++ modernization, and ...

In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.