Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On: Building an MCP Server with VS Code AI Toolkit's New Tool Catalog

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...
eWeek

12 AI Prompt Templates Every Professional Should Bookmark

Here are 12 AI prompt templates professionals can use to write, plan, debug, analyze data, and get more useful output from AI tools.
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Sharpens AI Toolkit for VS Code in Foundry Update

Microsoft's February 2026 Foundry update includes broader platform changes, but the most immediate developer-facing news for VS Code users is an AI Toolkit refresh centered on tool discovery, agent ...
XDA Developers on MSN

These Python scripts will supercharge your Obsidian vault

All the benefits of plugins with none of the downsides.
XDA Developers on MSN

I finally started using Python in Excel and I should have sooner

Python in Excel is a game-changer ...