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Visual Studio’s May Update Is Really About Better Control Between Idea and Change
The May Visual Studio update adds the Plan agent, better skill management, context window visibility, and stronger multi-file diff experiences. The common theme is better control over the AI-assisted inner loop.
VS Code 1.112: What .NET Developers Should Actually Care About
VS Code 1.112 just dropped and it's packed with agent upgrades, an integrated browser debugger, MCP sandboxing, and monorepo support. Here's what actually matters if you're building with .NET.
Long-Distance Next Edit Suggestions Understand Refactoring Patterns
VS Code's next-edit suggestions can look farther across a file to predict related changes. Here is where the feature helps .NET refactors and where it stops.
Autonomous Development Within VS Code: GitHub Copilot Coding Agent Arrives
Assign GitHub issues to an autonomous agent. Track progress in VS Code. Review PRs, iterate, and close issues without leaving your editor. Multi-agent workflows are now practical.
AI Meets Remote Development: Context-Aware Agents in Any Environment
VS Code integrates AI seamlessly across remote SSH, dev containers, WSL, tunnels, and Codespaces. Custom instructions, chat participants, and auto-approvals transform how you work from anywhere.
VS Code 1.128 Makes a Clear Bet: The Agents Window Is Becoming the New Work Surface
VS Code 1.128 turns agent workflows from novelty into daily ergonomics with multi-chat sessions, GA vision support, and deeper host/session controls.
VS Code 1.127 Shows Why Small Releases Build More Trust Than Big Marketing
Visual Studio Code 1.127 is a tiny update, and that is precisely why it is valuable: stable tooling depends on disciplined incremental fixes, not only headline features.
VS Code 1.119: OpenTelemetry for Agent Sessions, Browser Integration, and Security
VS Code 1.119 (May 2026) adds OpenTelemetry tracing for agent sessions, browser tab sharing for agents, trust & security improvements, and a 1.119.1 security patch.
Visual Studio 2026 April Update: Cloud Agent, Custom Agents, and Debugger Agent
Visual Studio 2026 (18.5) April update brings cloud agent integration, user-level custom agents, C++ code tools GA, and a Debugger Agent that validates fixes against live runtime behavior.
That Visual Studio Floating Windows Setting You Didn't Know About (But Should)
A hidden Visual Studio setting gives you full control over floating windows — independent taskbar entries, proper multi-monitor behavior, and perfect FancyZones integration. One dropdown changes everything.
Azure DevOps Finally Fixes the Markdown Editor UX Everyone Complained About
The Azure DevOps Markdown editor for work items gets a clearer preview-vs-edit mode distinction. It's a small change that fixes a genuinely annoying workflow issue.
Bookmark Studio Brings Slot-Based Navigation and Sharing to Visual Studio Bookmarks
Mads Kristensen's new Bookmark Studio extension adds keyboard-driven slot navigation, a bookmark manager, colors, labels, and export/share capabilities to Visual Studio bookmarks.