Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue

Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet ...
Windows Report

Visual Studio Code Adds Built-In Copilot Chat and Agent Debug Logs

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code version 1.116, introducing a set of AI-focused improvements that refine developer workflows and make Copilot available out of the box.
Visual Studio Magazine

Claude Code Edges OpenAI's Codex in VS Code's Agentic AI Marketplace Leaderboard

Anthropic's Claude Code for VS Code has surpassed OpenAI's Codex extension in Visual Studio Code Marketplace installs and review volume despite launching later. OpenAI positions Codex as an IDE ...

Inside Claude Code’s New Ultra Plan : The Deep Plan Mode Explained

Anthropic released Ultra Plan for Claude Code, adding cloud plan review, inline comments, and Simple, Visual, and Deep modes.