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Reviewing Pull Requests Inside Visual Studio Is Exactly the Kind of Friction Reduction I Like
Visual Studio can now review pull requests end to end without leaving the IDE. That may sound incremental, but for teams living in Visual Studio all day, it removes a lot of unnecessary context switching.
The Most Interesting Visual Studio Build 2026 Announcements Are About Friction Removal
Visual Studio’s Build 2026 announcement points to a clear direction: stronger AI integration, better merge conflict handling, improved modernization flows, and fewer small inner-loop interruptions.
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.
The New Plan Agent in Visual Studio Fixes a Very Real AI Workflow Problem
The new Plan agent in Visual Studio matters because it creates a structured planning stage before implementation, which is exactly what bigger features and refactors often need.
Agent Skills in Visual Studio: Teach Copilot How Your Team Actually Works
Visual Studio now supports Agent Skills — reusable instruction sets that teach Copilot your team's specific workflows, coding standards, and conventions. Define once, apply automatically.
The Best GitHub Copilot Advice for .NET Developers Right Now Is to Stop Thinking in Features
A new .NET-focused GitHub Copilot guide makes a strong point: the best way to get value is not by memorizing Copilot modes, but by matching the tool surface to the actual job in front of you.
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.
SDK-Style Support for Extension Projects in Visual Studio
Visual Studio 18.5 brings officially supported SDK-style project format to VSSDK-based extensions, cutting build times by up to 75% and reducing project files to ~20 lines.
Azure MCP Tools Are Now Baked Into Visual Studio 2022 — No Extension Required
Azure MCP tools ship as part of the Azure development workload in Visual Studio 2022. Over 230 tools, 45 Azure services, zero extensions to install.
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.
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.
Visual Studio's March Update Lets You Build Custom Copilot Agents — and the find_symbol Tool Is a Big Deal
Visual Studio's March 2026 update ships custom Copilot agents, reusable agent skills, a language-aware find_symbol tool, and Copilot-powered profiling from Test Explorer. Here's what matters.
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.