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  VS Code 1.125 Adds Copilot Spend Meter After Billing Shock

  VS Code 1.125 adds in-editor visibility into additional Copilot budget usage as GitHub's AI-credit billing model continues to draw developer scrutiny.
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  TypeScript 7.0 RC Moves Microsoft's Go Rewrite Into the Mainline Compiler

  Microsoft's Go-based TypeScript rewrite has reached Release Candidate status, moving from a separate native-preview package into the regular TypeScript npm package while leaving some ecosystem-facing API work for TypeScript 7.1 or later.
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  Microsoft Highlights Visual Studio Live! Event Lineup and Longtime Developer Community Role

  A Microsoft MVP Blog post on Visual Studio Live!'s longevity arrives as the 2026 conference series continues with upcoming stops at Microsoft HQ, San Diego and Orlando.
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  Using Local AI to Cut Copilot Usage-Based Billing Shock

  After being gobsmacked by the new billing plan using almost all my monthly credits in one or two days, I tried pushing some Copilot-style coding work onto local models in VS Code. What I found was less "free AI" and more "pick your pain": cloud charges on one side, heavy local resource use and long waits on the other.