In-Depth
Copilot's 'Auto' model picker in VS Code and Visual Studio currently routes to whatever model is most available and policy-compliant--not the one best matched to your prompt--while Microsoft/GitHub say task-aware routing is planned but not yet shipped.02/06/2026
In-Depth
The January 2026 update to VS Code (v1.109) transforms the editor into a multi-agent orchestration hub, allowing developers to automate complex, rule-based editorial workflows with proactive context recognition and parallel subagent execution.02/05/2026
News
The January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code expands AI-assisted development with structured planning agents, parallel subagents, and unified orchestration across local and cloud environments.02/05/2026
News
In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while acknowledging UX problems that can lead users to click through security prompts.02/03/2026
The Data Science Lab
Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with pseudo-inverse training implemented using JavaScript. Compared to other training techniques, such as stochastic gradient descent, pseudo-inverse training does not require any parameters and so it is especially simple to use.02/02/2026
In-Depth
GitHub's new Agents tab centralizes Copilot coding agent sessions in a repository, making it easier to launch tasks, track progress, and review the resulting pull requests in standard tooling such as Visual Studio01/29/2026
In-Depth
A hands-on test compared Visual Studio Code and Google Antigravity on generating and refining a simple dynamic Ticket Desk web application through prompts, revealing that workflow differences became most visible during validation and refactoring rather than initial code generation.01/28/2026
Q&A
Veteran Microsoft MVP Allen Conway brings over 20 years of experience designed to help developers navigate key career decisions -- from job changes to leadership vs. technical roles. Learn how to evaluate your career path with clarity and confidence.01/28/2026
In-Depth
VS Code forks like Cursor, Windsurf, and Google Antigravity may share a common foundation, but hands-on testing shows they reflect sharply different philosophies around AI autonomy, workflow structure, and developer control.01/26/2026
In-Depth
A hands-on comparison shows how Cursor, Windsurf, and Visual Studio Code approach text-to-website generation differently once they move beyond the basics and begin redesigning and extending their own work. One thing that stood out is that, despite their sophistication, these AI-assisted editors remain a long way from agentic AI.01/23/2026
Visual Studio Toolbox
A new Visual Studio Code extension called Nogic sparked a wide-ranging Hacker News discussion, with commenters praising its graph-based approach to understanding complex codebases while also raising concerns about performance, scalability, and its initially closed-source status.01/22/2026
News
Microsoft has released the Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code to general availability, enabling teams to build, version, review, and deploy Copilot Studio agents using standard software development workflows.01/22/2026
In-Depth
A recursive vibe journalism experiment in which Microsoft 365 Copilot's "Prompt Coach" agent is used to wholly create an article on how to use "Prompt Coach" agent to prompt M365 Copilot.01/22/2026
News
Microsoft released new open‑source quantum development tools that deepen VS Code and Copilot integration while targeting real‑world hybrid quantum workloads in chemistry, optimization, and machine learning.01/22/2026
The Data Science Lab
Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of quadratic regression, implemented from scratch, with SGD training, using C#. Compared to standard linear regression, quadratic regression is better able to handle data with a non-linear structure, and data with interactions between predictor variables.01/21/2026
Visual Studio Toolbox
A review of five non-Copilot AI coding assistants available in the Visual Studio Marketplace that support Visual Studio 2026 and exceed 100,000 installs.01/20/2026
Q&A
Learn how to supercharge your GenAI apps with PostgreSQL and Azure AI. Lino Tadros shows how PGVector and AI Extensions in VS Code turn PostgreSQL into an intelligent foundation for high-performance GenAI systems--solving common RAG pitfalls like irrelevance and hallucination.01/20/2026
In-Depth
What a difference a year makes in the fast-moving advanced-AI space! GitHub Copilot's vision and image-based features arrived first in VS Code in February 2025 and have since become more integrated there, while Visual Studio is beginning to add similar capabilities through Copilot Chat in a more limited form. Here's a hands-on demo of what you can do now in both.01/14/2026
Q&A
Engineering Manager Semira Allen examines how developers and teams can respond to failure with resilience, psychological safety, and accountability rather than blame.01/13/2026
News
Visual Studio Code 1.108 expands AI capabilities with experimental Agent Skills for Copilot, alongside updates to chat sessions, terminal tooling, accessibility, and core editor workflows.01/12/2026