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I built a fully local AI coding assistant in Windows with Ollama and VS Code

Cloud-based coding assistants are definitely helpful, but they come with recurring subscriptions or pay-as-you-go costs, and you're putting potentially proprietary information onto the internet. The ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Open VSX 1.0.0 Puts Focus on Open Extension Registry for VS Code Ecosystem

Eclipse Open VSX has reached 1.0.0, highlighting its role as a vendor-neutral registry for VS Code-compatible extensions.
InfoWorld

Using Visual Studio Code’s ‘air-gapped’ AI model mode

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Keeps Eye on Costs in v1.126 Update

Visual Studio Code 1.126 adds session-level Copilot cost information, continuing Microsoft's recent focus on helping developers monitor and manage usage-based GitHub Copilot billing.

GrackerAI Brings AI Visibility Checks Into VS Code

Validate llms.txt, robots.txt, and AI visibility signals in your editor to protect AI citations before release. AI ...
Dark Reading

Application Security

Explore the latest news and expert commentary on Application Security, brought to you by the editors of Dark Reading ...
GitHub

why use many token when few do trick

A Claude Code skill/plugin (also Codex, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Copilot, 30+ more) that makes agent talk like caveman — cuts ~75% of output tokens, keeps full technical accuracy. Brain still ...