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End of an era: JetBrains is killing this popular IDE used by Python devs

David Uzondu — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:28:01 +0000

JetBrains is shutting down yet another IDE, joining a growing list of discontinued products that includes Aqua, Fleet, Code With Me, and others. Read more...

Microsoft just removed major "friction" from VS Code in its latest weekly update

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 May 2026 07:40:01 +0000

If you are tired of installing endless extensions just to view basic projects, Microsoft's new built-in tools for Visual Studio Code are going to completely change your workflow. Read more...

Microsoft almost fought SpaceX for Cursor in a massive $60 billion AI showdown

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:26:01 +0000

A high-stakes bidding war nearly erupted between tech titans Microsoft and SpaceX over the AI-powered IDE Cursor. Here is why Microsoft walked away. Read more...

Microsoft supercharges Visual Studio Code 1.116 with native AI and deep agent debugging

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:38:01 +0000

Stop hunting for extensions. Visual Studio Code 1.116 is here, baking GitHub Copilot directly into the core and giving you total transparency over how your AI agents think. Read more...

Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code 1.112 with integrated browser debugging

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:18:01 +0000

Microsoft is keeping up its rapid release pace for Visual Studio Code, delivering new tools for web developers and more freedom for AI agents. Read more...

Microsoft is focusing on making AI more reliable in Visual Studio 2026 this month

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:50:01 +0000

Microsoft is making its AI features a lot better in Visual Studio 2026, noting that "reliability is the priority this month". Read more...

Windsurf Wave 13 introduces the new SWE-1.5 model and Git worktrees

Paul Hill — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:10:01 +0000

The Wave 13 update for Windsurf is here, featuring the high-performance SWE-1.5 model. It also adds Git worktrees and side-by-side Cascade sessions. Read more...

Microsoft explains how it handles feedback and bug reports for Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has explained how it tracks and assigns priorities to Visual Studio bugs and feature requests from its community. Read more...

Microsoft explains how difficult it is to manage keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2026

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 07:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has claimed that changing keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio 2026 is a "high-stakes juggling act", in which even telemetry isn't enough. Read more...

JetBrains retires CodeCanvas, will be unusuable on March 31, 2026

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:32:01 +0000

JetBrains has announced that its cloud development environment, CodeCanvas, will stop working on March 31. 2026. Read more...

An Insider build for Visual Studio 2026 is now available

Usama Jawad — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:02:47 +0000

Following a naming convention similar to Windows, Microsoft has released the first Insider build for Visual Studio 2026. Read more...

MCP now live for everyone in Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:46:01 +0000

Visual Studio now fully supports MCP servers, enabling developers to quickly connect their AI agents to external tools, services, and data sources. Read more...

Code search just became a lot more powerful in Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:28:01 +0000

Microsoft is making it extremely easy for developers leveraging GitHub Copilot to search across indexed repositories of codebases. Read more...

Say hello to GPT-5 in Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 21:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has now begun rolling out GPT-5 in Visual Studio through GitHub Copilot, touting "substantial" improvements in multiple areas. Read more...

Microsoft is making it easier to develop apps for iOS with GitHub Copilot updates for Xcode

Usama Jawad — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:48:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed significant updates for GitHub Copilot in Xcode, including support for Copilot Vision. Read more...

Report: ByteDance's VS Code fork Trae is a resource hog that spies on you

Usama Jawad — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:30:01 +0000

A detailed investigation into the VS Code fork, Trae, developed by TikTok's parent company ByteDance has revealed that the IDE is a resource hog and spies on you even when telemetry is disabled. Read more...

Microsoft is planning a huge upgrade for Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:12:02 +0000

Microsoft is reportedly planning a massive upgrade for Visual Studio, and the major headlining feature this time around shouldn't surprise anyone. Read more...

IntelliJ IDEA goes unified: What it means for free users and Ultimate subscribers

Paul Hill — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:56:01 +0000

JetBrains is moving to a unified installer for IntelliJ IDEA that will improve the downgrade experience for people whose Ultimate license expires. Free users also get more features. Read more...

Amazon challenges Microsoft with Kiro, its new AI-powered IDE

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:08:01 +0000

Amazon has launched Kiro, a new AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE), entering the competitive market of developer tools alongside Google and Microsoft. Read more...

Cognition acquires Windsurf to combine autonomous AI agents with IDE

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 03:08:01 +0000

The AI development company, Windsurf, has been acquired by Cognition. It comes after a deal with OpenAI fell through and after Google nabbed the CEO and other senior R&D employees. Read more...

JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1.1, bringing multiple bug fixes and improvements

David Uzondu — Wed, 07 May 2025 19:18:01 +0000

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1.1 is now live. This minor update fixes issues with markdown preview, the Kotest tool window, and more. Read more...

OpenAI eyes $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf, a powerful AI code editor

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 02:00:02 +0000

OpenAI is in talks with Windsurf to acquire the company for $3 billion. If the deal goes ahead, it would be OpenAI's biggest acquisition. What does this mean for Windsurfers? Read more...

Deploy your web apps in "one-click" with new Windsurf Wave 6 update

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:00:01 +0000

Codeium has released the Wave 6 update for its AI-centric IDE, Windsurf. This update lets you publish your web apps in "one-click" and enables tools for Enterprise customers. Read more...

Codeium says new Windsurf Wave 4 is a turning point for the IDE

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:16:02 +0000

Codeium has released the latest version of Windsurf, Wave 4. It said this release marks a turning point where it has gone from catching up to leading. Read more...

Microsoft reminds us that Visual Studio 2013 support ends on April 9, 2024

Omer Dursun — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:06:01 +0000

Microsoft will end support for Visual Studio 2013 on April 9, meaning that it will no longer receive security updates or fixes. Developers using older versions will see reduced support over the Read more...

Google announces new VSCode-based, AI-powered code editor

Omer Dursun — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:10:01 +0000

Google introduces Project IDX, a cloud-based IDE for full-stack, multi-platform development. Built on Visual Studio Code, it offers AI-powered features such as Codey for intelligent coding assistance. Read more...

Android Studio Flamingo stable released, things you need to know

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:08:01 +0000

This version of the Android Studio comes with new UI tools to live preview elements as you code. The build process is revamped with new features. The Inspect option gives more in-depth insights. Read more...

New Visual Studio 17.5 preview adds a spell checker for C#, C++, and Markdown files

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:18:02 +0000

In the third preview of Visual Studio 17.5, Microsoft added spell-checking functionality for C#, C++, and Markdown files. If you correct any identifiers it will auto-refactor your code. Read more...

Microsoft is working on a better search functionality for Visual Studio

Usama Jawad — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:16:02 +0000

Microsoft is working on an All-in-One Search functionality in Visual Studio. This will allow developers to search for both code and features in a single interface, along with an editable code preview. Read more...

These are all the performance improvements in Visual Studio 2022 17.4

Usama Jawad — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has detailed the performance gains in Visual Studio 2022 17.4. Most Save operations have been moved to a background thread and Find and Replace in Files should be a whopping 3-4x faster. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 17.4 lets you roll back to a previous version

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:54:02 +0000

Visual Studio 2022 17.4 now includes a feature that allows you to roll back to a previous version of the IDE. Microsoft recommends you only do this temporarily, as the latest version is most secure. Read more...

Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2

Paul Hill — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 01:02:02 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2. It comes with a host of new features including the ability to roll back Visual Studio updates, Arm64 support for Node.js, and more. Read more...

The first native ARM64 version of Visual Studio is now available on Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 2. This is a major release because it is the first version of the IDE to pack native support for ARM64 hardware, but only on Windows 11 for now. Read more...

Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.2 and 17.3 Preview 1 with C# and .NET improvements

Paul Hill — Wed, 11 May 2022 04:10:02 +0000

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.2 and the first preview of 17.3. With this update, the C# and .NET experiences are improved and the performance of Git has been enhanced too. Read more...

The latest stable release of Android Studio is "Chipmunk", available now

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 May 2022 07:10:01 +0000

Google has announced the latest stable release of Android Studio, dubbed "Chipmunk". Although it's not a huge update, it packs many nifty improvements and a new version of the IntelliJ platform. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 8 is now live, drives towards a "high-quality GA"

Usama Jawad — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out Visual Studio 2022 17.0 Preview 8 for Mac. The release fixes lots of critical issues and is a stepping stone in a "high-quality" general availability build down the road. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.0 Preview 6, fixes Preview 5 issues

Fiza Ali — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 6 fixes top issues, reduces crashes along with addressing top reported feedback. However, Xamarin developers should continue using Visual Studio 2019 for Mac v8.10. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 17.1 is now generally available

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:52:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced the general rollout of Visual Studio 2022 17.1 which contains a faster file search experience, Git enhancements, improved file saving capabilities, and lots more. Read more...

PSA: Some versions of Visual Studio are running out of support soon

Usama Jawad — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 09:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a public service announcement, reminding organizations and developers that some older versions of Visual Studio are running out of support soon, so consider upgrading. Read more...

Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2 now live with Git, C++, and .NET enhancements

Usama Jawad — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 06:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2, which contains a ton of enhancements related to Git, C++, .NET, and macOS development. Color tabs are finally supported too. Read more...