From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

Microsoft introduces agent technology to Visual Studio, featuring curated assistants and personalized agent creation tools.

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 ...

Abstract: Visual place recognition is a fundamental task essential for applications like visual localization and loop closure detection. Existing methods perform well under controlled environments, ...

Forge 2025.3 adds AI Assistant to SQL Complete, supports SSMS 22, Visual Studio 2026, MySQL 9.5, MariaDB 12.2, and ...

Abstract: The Text-to-SQL task has significant application prospects in automating relational database query interfaces. It can reduce user learning costs and improve data query efficiency. However, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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, ...