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Microsoft just made it possible to use VS Code completely offline with local AI

Paul Hill — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:04:01 +0000

Coding in restricted environments just got easier. VS Code 1.122 brings air-gapped AI support and powerful new tools to test your web apps across various mobile devices without leaving the editor. Read more...

Linus Torvalds declares massive AI-fueled code surges as the new normal for Linux

Paul Hill — Mon, 11 May 2026 05:28:02 +0000

Is AI productivity permanently changing the kernel? Linus Torvalds notes a massive jump in patch sizes that could redefine how the OS is built. Read more...

Microsoft unleashes VS Code 1.117 with custom AI model support and fluid chat animations

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:30:02 +0000

Ready to supercharge your workflow? Microsoft just made VS Code more flexible than ever with local model support and a massive terminal fix. Here is what is new in version 1.117. Read more...

Microsoft explains how to download and install the new "10 times faster" TypeScript

Sayan Sen — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has explained how to download and install the latest version of TypeScript that promises 10 times better performance. Read more...

Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code with new themes and adjustable AI reasoning

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:58:01 +0000

Microsoft is accelerating its dev cycle with weekly releases. The latest VS Code update brings a visual overhaul and deeper AI integration. Here is what has changed. Read more...

Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC after almost 50 years

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on GitHub. Read more...

Microsoft introduces TypeScript 5.8: Explore the latest features and enhancements

Paul Hill — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:22:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched TypeScript 5.8 with quite a lot of new features which you can find out more about here. The company said it's now turning its attention to TypeScript 5.9. Read more...

Visual Studio Code 1.95 generates Python Docstring templates and more

Paul Hill — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.95. It brings plenty of updates related to Copilot, multiple GitHub accounts support, and gives the ability to generate Python Docstring templates. Read more...

Codeium enhances UX with customizable font sizes and redesigned chat interface

Paul Hill — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:30:01 +0000

Codeium's latest updates include a redesigned chat interface and faster load times, making it easier for developers to focus on coding rather than troubleshooting. Read more...

Visual Studio Code 1.94 launched with big startup speed improvements

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:28:01 +0000

Microsoft's latest Visual Studio Code update promises faster startup times with ESM format. The September 2024 release also includes several key improvements for developers. Read more...

Researchers find generative AI enhances learning in software development courses

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:06:02 +0000

The findings reveal that students who extensively used generative AI during software projects saw higher completion rates and quality scores, challenging critics' concerns. Read more...

Microsoft introduces TypeScript 5.5: Explore the latest features and enhancements

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:22:25 +0000

Microsoft has launched TypeScript 5.5 with quite a lot of new features which you can find out more about here. The company said the next version, TypeScript 5.6 will arrive in early September. Read more...

France-based Mistral AI launches its first coding LLM, fluent in 80 programming languages

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 May 2024 04:02:02 +0000

Mistral AI has launched Codestral, its very first large language model for coding tasks. It is fluent in 80+ programming languages and outdoes much of the competition using less compute. Read more...

Visual Studio Code for Education will be generally available at the end of the month

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 May 2024 15:31:25 +0000

Microsoft has said its Visual Studio Code for Education platform will be made generally available at the end of the month. The platform aims to make it easy to learn to do programming. Read more...

Apple shutters its iOS Developer University Program for students

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 16 May 2024 20:54:01 +0000

Apple has pulled the plug on its iOS Developer University Program for students this month. The company said that program members can join the Apple Developer Program at no additional cost. Read more...

Educators are now teaching high-level coding skills over syntax due to generative AI

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:10:01 +0000

Generative AI is already affecting the way computer coding is taught at universities. Several educators have said that they now teach more high-level skills predominantly like debugging and testing. Read more...

Unified Copilot experience will land in Visual Studio 17.10, due in May

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 03:10:02 +0000

Microsoft is introducing a unified Copilot experience in Visual Studio 17.10 that will combine the features of Copilot and Copilot Chat into one package. This version of Visual Studio is out in May. Read more...

Microsoft introduces TypeScript 5.4: Explore the latest features and enhancements

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched TypeScript 5.4 with quite a lot of new features which you can find out more about here. The company said the next version, TypeScript 5.5 will arrive in mid-June. Read more...

Nvidia, Hugging Face and ServiceNow release StarCoder2 coding LLMs

Paul Hill — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:18:01 +0000

Nvidia, Hugging Face, and ServiceNow have released a new set of LLMs known as StarCoder2. Trained on 619 programming languages, it aims to help programmers writer and understand code efficiently. Read more...

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Sponsored — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:00:01 +0000

If you asked a group of 100 developers which is the best programming language, chances are good that most of them would give you a variation on the same answer: It depends. Read on for more. Read more...

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Apple announces Swift Student Challenge for a chance to win WWDC23 swag

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:38:02 +0000

Apple has announced the Swift Student Challenge. It is a chance for budding software developers to enter their project for a chance to win some WWDC23 swag and possibly an invite to Apple Park. Read more...

Godot Engine arrives on Epic Games Store making it easier to download

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:18:01 +0000

The Godot Engine is now available to download through the Epic Games Store. This makes it easier for people to download the game engine and keep it up to date in the future as new versions come out. Read more...

Microsoft updates its .NET language strategy for the first time since 2017

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:16:01 +0000

For the first time since initial publication in 2017, Microsoft has updated its guidance for the .NET language strategy. There are no major changes but the idea is to make it more discoverable. Read more...

Zelda: A Link to the Past can now be compiled on Windows and Nintendo Switch

Dean Howell — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 15:30:01 +0000

It's now possible to build The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from source for Windows and other platforms. This effort opens up to possibility for more exotic ports as well, like Atari Jaguar. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 now has multi-repository support, a highly requested feature

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 03:56:01 +0000

Visual Studio 2022 users can now have up to ten Git repositories open at once. This helps when working on projects that are situated across several repositories. This feature was highly requested. Read more...

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Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.3, here are the highlights

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:16:02 +0000

Microsoft has released the Visual Studio 2022 17.3 update. It brings several new features, including support for .NET MAUI, a Teams Toolkit, C++ improvements, and improved Live Unit Testing. Read more...

Man creates entire game of Pong inside a single sprite

Dean Howell — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:31:52 +0000

Challenged accepted. Of course, Basic was not up to the task for this one and Josip shows in detail how he managed writing Tiny Pong in C, which is a language that performs more closely to assembly. Read more...

Apple's Swift Playgrounds 4.0 allows you to publish apps quicker

Paul Hill — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:50:01 +0000

Apple has released Swift Playgrounds 4.0. With this update, most of the new features have been made available to the iPad version rather than the one for macOS. Read on for a full changelog. Read more...

Patch suggests Rust may be the next frontier for Linux kernel

Dean Howell — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:48:01 +0000

The move does not mean there is an effort to rewrite any existing kernel source in Rust, but if new kernel development trends in this direction, we could be looking at a wildly different codebase. Read more...

Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 01:32:02 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6. The latest version of Visual Studio focuses on quality-of-life improvements with the AI-assisted code companion IntelliCode and Hot Reload. Read more...

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AI won't be taking up software engineering jobs any time soon, but it's getting there

Ather Fawaz — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:00:01 +0000

In a paper, researchers test the best language models (GPT-2/3/Neo) at solving programming questions from coding interviews. Results aren't particularly groundbreaking but show potential. Read more...

The low-level Rust programming language has just turned six years old

Paul Hill — Sat, 15 May 2021 23:06:01 +0000

The Rust programming language has celebrated its sixth birthday since the launch of version 1.0 on May 15, 2015. The language has been a success to date as it has been adopted by well-known firms. Read more...

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Try out freeCodeCamp if you want to get into programming

Paul Hill — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:32:01 +0000

If you've been looking for a good resource to get started with programming check out freeCodeCamp. The service offers a range of courses covering different aspects of programming, free of charge. Read more...