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Visual Studio Code was born from Microsoft's strategic decision to shift from focusing on the Windows platform to serving global developers, leveraging Web technology and the vision of Eric Gamma's team to create a powerful code editor.
Benzi is an AI coding agent that uses a tree-sitter based compiler to parse code into a precise, queryable map, achieving 78.2% on SWE-bench Verified with low cost.
JetBrains announces a preview extension that brings IntelliJ IDEA's Java and Kotlin language intelligence to VS Code and forks like Cursor via LSP, with smart completion, navigation, refactoring, and build tool support. The extension is free during the preview period but will later require an IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate subscription.
VS Code has a built-in Ports feature that allows users to expose their localhost to the internet without third-party tools, enabling easy sharing for demos and testing.
X has launched hosted MCP servers, allowing AI tools like Grok, Cursor, Claude, and VS Code to connect directly to the platform for search, bookmarks, trends, and content publishing.
A personal reflection on ten years of using Vim, switching to VS Code, and then returning to Vim, exploring the trade-offs between terminal-based editors and IDEs.
A VS Code fork was acquired for an alleged $60 billion, sparking surprise and discussion.
Andrew Ng highlights how AI is shifting software development from coding to clear communication through prompts. The author shares their experience building a web app with AI tools like VS Code, Kombai, and GitHub.
Faster and smarter VS Code TODO tree plugin, rewritten in TypeScript+Rust, with priority, tags, Git awareness, and AI Agent interface.
GitHub disclosed a security incident where an employee device was compromised via a malicious VS Code extension, leading to unauthorized access to internal repositories. The company removed the extension and initiated incident response.
VS Code is introducing a new agent window, likely an AI-powered assistant for developers.
Google has released an official Colab VS Code extension, allowing users to directly connect to Colab runtimes and use free T4 GPU and other compute power in local VS Code, combining the power of the editor with Colab's cloud resources.
VS Code's new 'Agents window' allows developers to use local AI models, but still requires an Internet connection and a GitHub Copilot subscription.
AgentKanban is a VS Code extension that integrates with GitHub Copilot to manage AI agent tasks, persist context via MCP, and enable resumable workflows through a collaborative Kanban board.
This article promotes Eclipse Theia as an open-source, telemetry-free alternative to VS Code that offers greater control and compatibility with VS Code extensions.
Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent that integrates with VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI, offering access to 500+ models at provider pricing with no markup.