This deal unlocks Microsoft’s full-featured IDE for Windows, Linux, and cloud development for a flat $33

Visual Studio Pro 2026 is a full-featured development environment used to build everything from web apps to desktop software ...

And Now I’ve Vibe-Coded a Native Windows 11 App ⭐

The Build 2026 keynote was overly-long, in keeping with tradition. But there was some good news for Windows developers too.
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VS Code 1.123 Adds Agent Session Sync, 1M Context Windows

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.123 on June 3, adding agent-focused features, larger model context support, integrated browser updates and a new delay for some automatic extension updates.
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Microsoft unveiled MAI-Code-1-Flash, its first in-house model for turning written descriptions into working source code

Developers who rely on GitHub Copilot inside Visual Studio Code now have a new option built entirely by Microsoft. The ...
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Microsoft Says Latest AI Models Beat Claude, Google's Nano Banana

Microsoft unveiled seven in-house AI models and claimed its flagship reasoning and image systems outperform rivals from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.

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At Build 2026, Microsoft Sets Up Windows as an OS for AI Agents

Microsoft's Build 2026 Windows developer announcements point to a broader platform strategy for agentic AI, spanning terminal workflows, local models, app-building skills, Cloud PCs and operating ...