The MSVC Build Tools Preview is updated regularly with the latest features and fixes from the MSVC (Microsoft C++) development team. The MSVC team’s updates for August 2026, targeting the Visual ...

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Tom Fenton tackles seven free and open-source AI tools bring local chat, coding, voice, design and research capabilities to personal computers and self-hosted environments.

Visual Studio Code is an advanced editor that supports just about every programming language in use today. That is why Visual Studio Code has more buttons, knobs, and switches than a Martian starship.

VS Code 1.130 moves agent sessions into a dedicated Agent Host process. The Agents window adds compact diffs, file statistics and broader worktree support. Chat timestamps, credit visibility and Git ...

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At last year’s DAC in San Francisco, I sat in “A Look into the Future of Verification,” an Engineering Track special session debating where our discipline is headed — multi-language flows, AI ...