GitHub has transitioned all Copilot plans to a usage-based billing model, ending the era of flat $10 monthly fees. The platform now meters premium requests, model access, and AI consumption, treating …
A developer used GitHub Copilot to expand VoiceAssist AI, a multilingual voice assistant for Indian bank counters, from 6 to 8 languages by adding Kannada and Urdu support. Copilot automatically gener…
Developer Gopichand Challa transformed an empty README repository into a live, on-chain Solana NFT in 44 days, despite having no prior blockchain experience. Starting with only a Web2 background in Py…
A developer rebuilt HerRights, a legal rights tool for vulnerable women, from a broken 24-hour hackathon prototype into a production-ready accessibility application using GitHub Copilot. The original …
GitHub Copilot switched to metered token-based billing on June 1, 2026, prompting a wave of developers to threaten leaving the platform. The change, which could cost individual users hundreds of euros…
A developer transformed the unfinished Aptora assessment platform into a fully functional enterprise system during the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon challenge. The platform, built with Next.js, now supports…
AI Gauge, a new open-source desktop utility, now allows users to monitor usage limits for Claude.ai, ChatGPT Codex, GitHub Copilot, and OpenRouter from a single interface. The tool displays session an…
A developer built an AI code reviewer that analyzes pull requests without sending proprietary code to third-party services. After failing with local LLMs and finding existing solutions too expensive o…
A 2026 comparison of AI coding assistants Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor finds each tool suited to different workflows, with Copilot offering the widest model selection and Claude Code emphas…
Microsoft unveiled seven new MAI models at Build 2026, including the MAI-Thinking-1 reasoning model and MAI-Code-1-Flash, as the company shifts toward powering its own products with proprietary AI rat…
A developer created a per-project Obsidian vault system committed alongside code in Git, enabling GitHub Copilot to maintain full project context across sessions. The setup includes a `.obsidian-vault…
Microsoft unveiled the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact developer PC powered by Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark chips with 128GB of unified memory and a 100-watt thermal envelope. The device can run …
Pandorian has released a tool designed to close the gap between engineering standards and AI-generated code, as 42% of committed code now includes AI assistance and 45% of AI-generated code introduces…
Gustavo Quenca, an iOS developer at KWAN, identified a recurring problem with AI coding assistants: developers waste time repeating the same context and instructions for each new interaction. To solve…
GitHub released the May 2026 updates for Copilot in Visual Studio Code, introducing the Agents window as a stable preview feature for task-oriented coding and expanding bring-your-own-key (BYOK) model…
Microsoft unveiled the Majorana 2 topological quantum chip, reporting a 1,000x improvement in qubit reliability over the prior generation with a mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds. The company credited…
GitHub switched Copilot from request-based subscriptions to a token-usage billing model on June 1, 2026, with subscriptions now granting monthly AI Credits at a rate of 1 credit per $0.01 of usage. De…
GitHub Copilot switched from request-based billing to token-usage pricing on June 1, causing some power users to face projected monthly bills hundreds of dollars higher than previous months. Under the…
Developer Sahil Mane completed AutoFlow, a stock market automation platform built with React, Node.js, MongoDB, and n8n that had been unfinished for months. The platform includes paper trading, portfo…
GitHub has implemented usage-based billing for all Copilot plans, replacing previous flat-rate pricing. Users who exceed their included AI credits can enable additional spending by updating their budg…