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Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of decision tree regression from scratch using the C# language. The goal of decision tree regression is to predict a single numeric value. The demo implementation doesn't use pointers (references) for simplicity and does not use recursion for better maintainability and customization.
02/17/2026
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Q&A
Microsoft MVP Philip Japikse discusses how ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in .NET 10 provides a streamlined, page-centric development model for building maintainable web applications, leveraging modern features like dependency injection, configuration management, and environment awareness .
02/16/2026
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In-Depth
VS Code 1.109’s agent infrastructure upgrades enable structured, stateful workflows with rule enforcement, incremental approvals and patch-based edits instead of one-shot AI responses.
02/11/2026
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News
Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces runtime and SDK enhancements while facing community scrutiny over C# syntax complexity and a strategic shift toward AI-driven development.
02/11/2026
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In-Depth
A proof of concept shows how multi-agent orchestration in Visual Studio Code 1.109 can turn a fragile, one-pass AI workflow into a more reliable, auditable process by breaking long tasks into smaller, verifiable steps.
02/09/2026
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Q&A
A deep dive into how attackers exploit overlooked weaknesses in CI/CD pipelines and software supply chains, and how .NET and DevOps teams can use automation and modern practices to detect and mitigate stealthy threats before they reach production.
02/09/2026
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In-Depth
Copilot's 'Auto' model picker in VS Code and Visual Studio currently routes to whatever model is most available and policy-compliant--not the one best matched to your prompt--while Microsoft/GitHub say task-aware routing is planned but not yet shipped.
02/06/2026
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In-Depth
The January 2026 update to VS Code (v1.109) transforms the editor into a multi-agent orchestration hub, allowing developers to automate complex, rule-based editorial workflows with proactive context recognition and parallel subagent execution.
02/05/2026
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News
The January 2026 release of Visual Studio Code expands AI-assisted development with structured planning agents, parallel subagents, and unified orchestration across local and cloud environments.
02/05/2026
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News
In a a robust Hacker News thread sparked by Jamf Threat Labs research, a VS Code team member defended the editor's Workspace Trust model as the primary safeguard against repo-based malware -- while acknowledging UX problems that can lead users to click through security prompts.
02/03/2026
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Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with pseudo-inverse training implemented using JavaScript. Compared to other training techniques, such as stochastic gradient descent, pseudo-inverse training does not require any parameters and so it is especially simple to use.
02/02/2026
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In-Depth
GitHub's new Agents tab centralizes Copilot coding agent sessions in a repository, making it easier to launch tasks, track progress, and review the resulting pull requests in standard tooling such as Visual Studio
01/29/2026
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In-Depth
A hands-on test compared Visual Studio Code and Google Antigravity on generating and refining a simple dynamic Ticket Desk web application through prompts, revealing that workflow differences became most visible during validation and refactoring rather than initial code generation.
01/28/2026
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Q&A
Veteran Microsoft MVP Allen Conway brings over 20 years of experience designed to help developers navigate key career decisions -- from job changes to leadership vs. technical roles. Learn how to evaluate your career path with clarity and confidence.
01/28/2026
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In-Depth
VS Code forks like Cursor, Windsurf, and Google Antigravity may share a common foundation, but hands-on testing shows they reflect sharply different philosophies around AI autonomy, workflow structure, and developer control.
01/26/2026
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In-Depth
A hands-on comparison shows how Cursor, Windsurf, and Visual Studio Code approach text-to-website generation differently once they move beyond the basics and begin redesigning and extending their own work. One thing that stood out is that, despite their sophistication, these AI-assisted editors remain a long way from agentic AI.
01/23/2026
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A new Visual Studio Code extension called Nogic sparked a wide-ranging Hacker News discussion, with commenters praising its graph-based approach to understanding complex codebases while also raising concerns about performance, scalability, and its initially closed-source status.
01/22/2026
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News
Microsoft has released the Copilot Studio extension for Visual Studio Code to general availability, enabling teams to build, version, review, and deploy Copilot Studio agents using standard software development workflows.
01/22/2026
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In-Depth
A recursive vibe journalism experiment in which Microsoft 365 Copilot's "Prompt Coach" agent is used to wholly create an article on how to use "Prompt Coach" agent to prompt M365 Copilot.
01/22/2026
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News
Microsoft released new open‑source quantum development tools that deepen VS Code and Copilot integration while targeting real‑world hybrid quantum workloads in chemistry, optimization, and machine learning.
01/22/2026
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Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of quadratic regression, implemented from scratch, with SGD training, using C#. Compared to standard linear regression, quadratic regression is better able to handle data with a non-linear structure, and data with interactions between predictor variables.
01/21/2026
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A review of five non-Copilot AI coding assistants available in the Visual Studio Marketplace that support Visual Studio 2026 and exceed 100,000 installs.
01/20/2026
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Q&A
Learn how to supercharge your GenAI apps with PostgreSQL and Azure AI. Lino Tadros shows how PGVector and AI Extensions in VS Code turn PostgreSQL into an intelligent foundation for high-performance GenAI systems--solving common RAG pitfalls like irrelevance and hallucination.
01/20/2026
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In-Depth
What a difference a year makes in the fast-moving advanced-AI space! GitHub Copilot's vision and image-based features arrived first in VS Code in February 2025 and have since become more integrated there, while Visual Studio is beginning to add similar capabilities through Copilot Chat in a more limited form. Here's a hands-on demo of what you can do now in both.
01/14/2026
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Q&A
Engineering Manager Semira Allen examines how developers and teams can respond to failure with resilience, psychological safety, and accountability rather than blame.
01/13/2026
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News
Visual Studio Code 1.108 expands AI capabilities with experimental Agent Skills for Copilot, alongside updates to chat sessions, terminal tooling, accessibility, and core editor workflows.
01/12/2026
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In-Depth
Visual Studio Code 1.108 introduces Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to define reusable, domain-specific automation that can handle everything from code refactoring to custom text and formatting cleanup.
01/11/2026