This week's roundup includes news from OpenAI with new speed capabilities, Functionalize's MCP and Java SE pricing.

Microsoft's .NET 11-era overhaul adds project caching, Native AOT, faster builds and richer project-file tooling.

Project Zenith proves that a bloat-free Windows 11 can exist. Why is Microsoft reserving it for developers with 64GB of RAM?

I'm not a developer, but I was able to use locally-installed AI to create a writing app suited to my needs. Here's how.

Discover MCP Toolbox Java SDK v1.0: secure, type-safe agent orchestration for enterprise Java, with decoupled auth and AlloyDB & Spring Boot support.

A group of VS Code theme extensions linked to GlassWorm, a malware campaign targeting developers. Their investigation ...

Microsoft's latest release adds experimental delegation features, HydraFusion model orchestration and enterprise Auto-tier defaults.

Zed replaced most of my day-to-day VS Code workflow, but there are still a few gaps. The biggest one is the extension ...

On the computer you want to reach, open desktop VS Code and click the Accounts icon in the lower-left corner. Select Turn on ...

A lifetime license to Visual Studio Pro 2026 plus 16 coding courses is on sale for $44.97 (reg. $1,999.99) through October 4. Learning to code usually means paying for a professional IDE and then ...

It's simple and has all the necessary features ...

AI is changing who can build software. People who could never write code can now describe an idea and generate a working application in minutes, using any number of agentic coding solutions. But ...