In a social media feedback thread started by Microsoft Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen, multiple developers unloaded on the IDE's facility with AI provided by GitHub Copilot and other tools.

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Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has reached a key milestone in its vision to transform VS Code into an open‑source AI editor. On 30 June 2025, the team announced that the GitHub Copilot ...

A hands-on test in VS Code showed Copilot using a degraded mockup image as the primary input to generate a working, navigation-capable web site, a significant step beyond last year's single-page ...

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.

January 2025 release of VS Code includes a Copilot feature that predicts the user’s next edit, a movable Command Palette, and no-config debugging for Python scripts. A just-released update of Visual ...

GitHub Copilot offers new features in VS Code. Agent Mode is now available. Project Padawan takes over routine tasks automatically. GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool ...

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GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code tested head-to-head in 2026. Which AI coding tool actually makes you a better developer — and is it worth the price?