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 ...

New controls for model reasoning and Copilot code-review depth let developers decide how much AI effort a task warrants, with speed, depth and credit consumption all part of the tradeoff.

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has emerged as a top choice among developers for its versatility and a plethora of features supporting various programming languages. Among these features, the debugging ...

The little-known program aims to “stop bad bugs with good bugs” by releasing millions of sterile mosquitoes to eliminate those that carry disease. Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world, ...

Observability startup Raindrop AI’s new open source, MIT Licensed "Workshop" tool, launched today, gives developers something that they've likely wanted, perhaps subconsciously, since the agentic AI ...

Goodfire wants to make training AI models more like good old-fashioned software engineering. The San Francisco–based startup Goodfire just released a new tool, called Silico, that lets researchers and ...

Debug, Test, and Deploy From One Platform—Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2026 Is Just $35 You'll be able to debug and edit code with teammates without requiring identical setups, and simplify remote ...

Microsoft is shipping GitHub Copilot as a built-in VS Code extension starting with version 1.116, eliminating the manual install step that separated new users from AI coding assistance. Published on ...

Engineering failures often begin as "silent bugs" in team dynamics -- misalignment, communication gaps and workflow friction that stay hidden until they affect delivery. Borrowing from sports coaching ...

The software industry is racing to write code with artificial intelligence. It is struggling, badly, to make sure that code holds up once it ships. A survey of 200 senior site-reliability and DevOps ...