Pencil.dev Merges Visual Design and Code Output into One Responsive Workflow

Pencil.dev focuses on design-to-code speed versus static tools; upcoming reusable component libraries are planned for 2026.

Vibe coding with overeager AI: Lessons learned from treating Google AI Studio like a teammate

I wanted to build an entire production‑ready business application by directing an AI inside a vibe coding environment without writing a single line of code myself.
IEEE

Code-as-Monitor: Constraint-aware Visual Programming for Reactive and Proactive Robotic Failure Detection

Abstract: Automatic detection and prevention of open-set failures are crucial in closed-loop robotic systems. Recent studies often struggle to simultaneously identify unexpected failures reactively ...
GitHub

Container Tools for Visual Studio Code

The Container Tools extension makes it easy to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications from Visual Studio Code. It also provides one-click debugging of Node.js, Python, and .NET inside a ...

Pixel Agents Creates a Pixel Office View for Your AI Coding Agents

Pixel Agents adds a pixel office view in VS Code; six character styles show coding, searching, or idle states, useful for ...
How-To Geek on MSN

I've written HTML for years, and I use these 3 tools on every project

I don’t use a massive IDE. These three lightweight tools handle writing, version control, and validation on every HTML project.
IEEE

A Lightweight Visual Programming tool for Machine Learning and Data Manipulation

Abstract: In recent decades, visual programming tools have focused on scientific workflow tasks. However, the current focus has shifted to machine learning tasks, which are most often amenable to ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Multi-Agent Orchestration in VS Code

Multi-agent orchestration makes workflow more inspectable, with clear handoffs and a QA backstop. Breaking the work into discrete steps makes the output easier to audit and fix. A timestamped handoff ...
GitHub

Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit

The Power CAT Copilot Studio Kit is a comprehensive set of capabilities designed to augment Microsoft Copilot Studio. The kit helps makers develop, govern, and test custom agents, use a large language ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel. Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.109 Deemed a Multi-Agent Development Platform

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces structured, multi-agent workflows that move AI assistance beyond single-chat interactions. Parallel subagents enable concurrent task execution without consuming the ...
The Verge

GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, ...