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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Pixel Agents adds a pixel office view in VS Code; six character styles show coding, searching, or idle states, useful for ...

Visual Studio 2026 is a fully 64-bit IDE built to handle large, complex solutions without choking on performance. Whether you ...

The first preview of Visual Studio 2026, with deeper GitHub Copilot AI integration, is available through Microsoft’s new Insiders channel. Microsoft has released its first preview of the Visual Studio ...

The Copilot Studio extension lets developers use any VS Code-compatible AI assistant to develop AI agents, then sync with Copilot Studio for testing and iteration. Microsoft is offering a Microsoft ...

CodeRabbit has released a new integration that brings its AI-based code review system directly into Visual Studio Code, along with support for the Cursor and Windsurf IDEs. The extension allows ...

If you want to run VS Code AI Mode to boost coding performance, this article will be handy for you. It explains how you can enable the agent mode in VS Code, set up an agent, and use the AI Mode to ...

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Arrives With ‘AI Woven Into Workflow’ Your email has been sent First major visual studio upgrade in five years AI, performance, and ...

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