When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

Brien Posey explains why PowerShell timers can cause Windows Forms dashboards to freeze or fail to update, and why keeping GUI scripts responsive requires a different approach to timed events.

A practical workaround shows how PowerShell developers can keep Windows Forms GUIs responsive by moving timer-driven processing into background jobs and using a second timer to update the interface ...

Visual Studio Code 1.119 adds browser-aware AI agents, token optimization, OpenTelemetry tracing, and Markdown usability ...

Visual Studio Code 1.121 focuses on agent workflows, model configuration, terminal behavior and built-in preview features -- and features another update to Claude Code functionality.

Visual Studio has never really been the lightweight option. It's not the tool you open just to tweak a config file or write a quick script. It is the big Windows development environment, the one built ...

Micro-Slop: After injecting Copilot into nearly every software product and service it could, Microsoft has reportedly begun rolling back some of its most disruptive AI-related changes. Now, a new "AI ...

Windows 11 is finally ditching web apps. Microsoft is doubling down on WinUI 3 to deliver a faster, fully native, and highly ...

Sometime in early 2025, an attacker slipped malicious code into a Visual Studio Code extension, and a GitHub employee installed it. For several days, that extension ran quietly on the developer’s ...

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore ...

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