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.

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Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, ...

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Goose acts as the agent that plans, iterates, and applies changes. Ollama is the local runtime that hosts the model. Qwen3-coder is the coding-focused LLM that generates results. If you've been ...

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...

OpenAI has launched its Codex app on Windows, bringing a native AI coding assistant with project management, automations, and WSL support for developers.

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What if you could create a fully functional, AI-powered application without writing a single line of code, and do it for free? It might sound like a dream, but Google’s Antigravity and Stitch ...