Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code v1.110 Insiders: AI Agents Gain Native Browser Access and Global Instructions

The VS Code 1.110 cycle is putting more 'hands-on' capabilities into chat, led by native browser integration that lets AI agents interact with page elements, capture screenshots, and pull real-time ...
InfoWorld

Microsoft brings C++ smarts to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.

Pixel Agents Creates a Pixel Office View for Your AI Coding Agents

Pixel Agents adds a pixel office view in VS Code; six character styles show coding, searching, or idle states, useful for ...
Visual Studio Magazine

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

Claude Code has pulled ahead of OpenAI's Codex in VS Code Marketplace adoption metrics for tools tagged with 'agent,' just one way to judge these tools for your particular needs in this rapidly ...
GitHub

GitHub - anthropics/skills: Public repository for Skills

Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks. Skills teach Claude how to complete specific tasks in a repeatable ...