VS Code 1.135 adds Rubber Duck AI review, persistent agent sessions, Agent Host infrastructure and clearer token usage as Microsoft builds a more agentic IDE.
Visual Studio Code 1.123 Brings Deeper AI Integration and Smarter Agent Tools
Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.123 on June 3, expanding its AI-assisted development capabilities with features that reflect the editor’s direction: toward a more agentic, context-aware workflow. The update is […]
VS Code Pushes Hard on AI Agents While Quietly Killing Free Code Completion
Microsoft’s VS Code update brings Agent HQ, TypeScript 7 preview, and kills free IntelliCode. What developers need to know about the latest changes.
Microsoft kills Python 3.7 ¦ … and VBScript ¦ Exascaling ARM on Jupiter
In this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer.
Using GitHub and Visual Studio Code for Mainframe Development
Developers can now use these popular, dev-friendly tools with mainframe applications. Join this session to learn how to use GitHub and VS Code with mainframe-native code and languages like COBOL. […]






