TL;DR: Visual Studio Professional 2026 brings AI-assisted coding, cross-platform development tools, and advanced collaboration features—and it’s currently just $49.99. Modern development workflows ...

VS Code 1.112 adds native image support for agents, and I used it on three Microsoft AI Foundry leaderboard screenshots to see whether it could turn chart-heavy visuals into a useful developer summary ...

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You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.