This hands-on PoC shows how I got an open-source model running locally in Visual Studio Code, where the setup worked, where it broke down, and what to watch out for if you want to apply a local model ...

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install that gives AI coding agents both the expertise and execution ...

Use code MARCH15 to get Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for $42.49 through March 29 (MSRP $499.99). Macs are fantastic machines for development, but if you build software that has to run ...

AI-first editors and agent-driven tooling intensify competition in the IDE market The Open VSX registry, used for installing extensions in editors compatible with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), will ...

GlassWorm campaign injects malware into GitHub Python repos using stolen tokens since March 8, 2026, exposing developers to ...

The open-source Lazarus IDE, a virtual clone of Delphi, becomes the first-and-only Object Pascal compiler to support true ARM64; thanks to InstallAware's leadership. SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswir ...

The Contagious Interview campaign weaponizes job recruitment to target developers. Threat actors pose as recruiters from crypto and AI companies and deliver backdoors such as OtterCookie and ...

It's more than just a code editor.

This desktop app for hosting and running LLMs locally is rough in a few spots, but still useful right out of the box. Dedicated desktop applications for agentic AI make it easier for relatively ...