This week's roundup includes news from OpenAI with new speed capabilities, Functionalize's MCP and Java SE pricing.

A lifetime license to Visual Studio Pro 2026 plus 16 coding courses is on sale for $44.97 (reg. $1,999.99) through October 4. Learning to code usually means paying for a professional IDE and then ...

Project Zenith proves that a bloat-free Windows 11 can exist. Why is Microsoft reserving it for developers with 64GB of RAM?

It's simple and has all the necessary features ...

Spread the loveWhen you’re diving into the world of software development, few tools are as essential as API development apps. They streamline communication between different software applications, ...

With the first Release Candidate of .NET 11.0, Microsoft allows productive use. At the same time, this version still offers a number of improvements.

Microsoft's editors remain prominent in the 2026 developer survey, while GitHub Copilot trails Claude Code and ASP.NET Core ranks fourth among web technologies.

I'm not a developer, but I was able to use locally-installed AI to create a writing app suited to my needs. Here's how.

Microsoft's public VS Code issue tracker on GitHub offers an unusually detailed look at features and changes the development team is considering -- including some that could eventually turn up in ...

Discover MCP Toolbox Java SDK v1.0: secure, type-safe agent orchestration for enterprise Java, with decoupled auth and AlloyDB & Spring Boot support.

Together AI has released Together Link, a free, MIT-licensed CLI now in beta. It connects the coding agents developers ...

Since the release of Vue 2, Vuejs has grown rapidly. It is receiving awesome reviews from the users. Vuejs was one of the ...