Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.112, shortly after announcing a faster release cadence for the popular editor. Despite the quicker update cycle, this release introduces several notable ...

As AI agents transition from simple chatbots to autonomous systems capable of managing cloud incidents, navigating complex web interfaces, and executing multi-step API workflows, a new challenge has ...

I’m retired now, but for 30 years I debugged problems in bleeding-edge IBM processors, horizontal microcode, firmware, software and hardware. Then for another nine years I debugged problems in ...

A debugging technique where you explain your code (and your confusion) out loud — often to an object, like a rubber duck. The magic: saying the problem forces your brain to slow down and reprocess the ...

Bugs show up, eat all your time, and gaslight you into thinking you are the problem. You’re not. You just solved that problem a few commits ago, but now it’s harvest season again. Half the bugs you ...

Microsoft unveiled a suite of AI-powered debugging and profiling tools for .NET developers, integrating GitHub Copilot directly into Visual Studio's diagnostic workflow. The recently announced Copilot ...

Microsoft detailed its plans for advanced AI in its flagship IDE in September, with new modes for debugging and profiling, as well as enhancements for agentic DevOps, in the works. The company last ...