Cursor AI editor gets visual designer – but bugs and ever-changing UI irk developers

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Anysphere's Cursor AI editor recently added a visual web designer, but the enhancement has drawn mixed reactions from developers who are voicing concerns about...

VS Code update brings agent overload, TypeScript 7 preview, and the end of IntelliCode

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the most popular programmer’s editor, with Agent HQ alongside numerous agentic coding updates, a preview of...

Research: AI can help or hinder software development, and old-style best practices make the difference

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Generative AI can write lots of code but its overall impact on developer productivity is more nuanced. Research from Atlassian’s DX, Google, LaunchDarkly and...

JetBrains abandons Fleet IDE, pins hopes on forthcoming Air agentic development tool

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Developer tools company JetBrains is discontinuing its Fleet IDE, which was introduced in 2021 but never made it out of public preview. The company...

Bun JavaScript runtime acquired by Anthropic, tying its future to AI coding

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
The Bun JavaScript runtime has been acquired by Anthropic, which already uses the product for deploying Claude Code. Anthropic said Bun "will remain open source...

AWS Transform revamp uses AI to shift applications from Microsoft’s SQL Server

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
AWS has revamped its AI-based Transform tool, which assists with application modernization and migration, adding the ability to move from Microsoft’s SQL Server to...

OCaml maintainers reject massive AI-generated pull request

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
The maintainers of OCaml, an open-source functional programming language, rejected an AI-generated pull request (PR) with more than 13,000 lines of code, citing copyright...

Microsoft Visual Studio shifts to annual releases, raising cost concerns

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Microsoft is accelerating Visual Studio's update cycle, moving from quarterly to monthly feature updates and introducing annual major releases each November (alongside .NET). Meanwhile,...

We take a look at Google’s Antigravity: Agentic AI development but some frustrations for early adopters

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Google has previewed Antigravity, a new IDE forked from the open source base of Visual Studio Code, described as an agentic development platform –...

AWS S3 gets vector buckets with new algorithms for reasonable performance at lower cost, VP tells us

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Updated: AWS has previewed a new bucket type for S3 (simple storage service), designed for AI workloads, and positioned as a lower-cost option for...

Hands on with Kiro, the AWS preview of an agentic AI IDE driven by specifications

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
AWS has previewed Kiro, a fork of Code OSS (the open-source part of Visual Studio Code) which promotes a AI-driven developer workflow based on...

Microsoft shovels extra Copilot features into VS Code amid dev complaints of ‘more AI bloat’

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to version 1.102 with another bundle of Copilot features including general availability of MCP (Model Context...

Docker adds AI agents to Compose along with GPU-powered cloud Offload service

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Docker has added AI agent support to its Compose command, plus a new GPU-enabled Offload service which enables compute-intensive AI workloads in ephemeral cloud...

Microsoft SQL Server MCP tool:  ‘Leap in data interaction’ or limited and frustrating?

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Microsoft has previewed an MCP tool for SQL Server, implemented both for Node.js and .NET. The notion of using AI natural language to avoid...

Google positions itself for ‘next decade’ of AI as Gemini CLI arrives with generous free tier

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Google has released Gemini CLI (command line interface), a terminal-based version of its AI assistant, with a generous free tier of up to 60...

CloudBees opens MCP server so agents can infiltrate DevOps

AI/ML Joe Fay -
CloudBees has opened up a preview of an MCP Server for its nascent Unify platform to allow it to manage the AI agents that...

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