Everything you may have missed from the past week.

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.

So, you want to get into Python coding online, huh? It’s a pretty popular language, and luckily, there are tons of tools out ...

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler ...

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions. Microsoft has introduced C++ ...

The GlassWorm supply-chain campaign has returned with a new, coordinated attack that targeted hundreds of packages, ...

Microsoft has just released Visual Studio Code 1.111. This the first weekly release of VS Code. Microsoft decided to change the schedule so you get features faster. Microsoft has announced the ...

I'm taking the road less traveled.

JavaOne Oracle has shipped Java 26, a short-term release, and introduced Project Detroit, which promises faster interop between Java, JavaScript, and Python. Java 26 will be supported for just six ...

North Korean hackers exploit VS Code tasks.json auto-run since Dec 2025 to deploy StoatWaffle malware, stealing data and ...

Dave Gray offers a solid, free Python tutorial that runs for about 9 hours. It’s a pretty methodical course, starting with the basics and moving into more complex stuff like closures and recursion. He ...