JetBrains released Rider 2026.2.1 and ReSharper 2026.2.1, the first minor updates for the 2026.2 release cycle. Rider 2026.2.1 bundles a refactoring-code skill that makes AI agents 83% faster, 64% che…
JetBrains released PyCharm 2026.2 with 263 fixes and improvements, focusing on Python code insight, type inference, and SQLAlchemy 2.0 support. The update resolves long-standing false positives in SQL…
JetBrains' YouTrack team reports that around 70% of customer projects currently discussed involve migrating from Atlassian Jira and Confluence, following Atlassian's suspension of sales for Data Cente…
GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now supports enterprise managed settings for plugin governance, MCP server access, OpenTelemetry, and permission modes, allowing administrators to apply consistent control…
Denis Shiryaev released DesktopFly on August 18th, an open-source macOS toy that simulates a 3D fruit fly on application windows using a 668-neuron circuit with about 19,000 synaptic connections extra…
GitHub shipped two upgrades for JetBrains Copilot users on August 11: Ollama is now a supported bring-your-own-key provider in the plugin, and persistent memory now carries context across agent sessio…
Kakoune, a modal screen-based text editor created in 2011 by French programmer Maxime Coste, offers a unique inverted grammar that prioritizes multiple selections and multi-cursor editing, with a desi…
According to JetBrains' Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026 of more than 15,000 professional developers, 90% used AI coding agents at work at least weekly and 68% daily as of May–July 2026. Claude Code be…
Chromia's Rell language compiler was rewritten in five weeks using AI agents, a task that would have taken most of a year by hand, according to a developer who led the effort. The rewrite replaced a t…
JetBrains' klibs.io catalog has grown to more than 4,200 Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) projects, adding smarter discovery features and new AI integrations, including an MCP server and an expert skill for…
JetBrains' Junie now defaults to Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model for coding, available in the IDE plugin and CLI, with a limited-time 40% discount off base pricing. Google's testing shows Gemini 3.7 F…
A 30-day comparison of AI code editors Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Windsurf found Cursor leading in autocomplete and codebase indexing, while Windsurf excels in agentic multi-file tasks. GitHub Copilo…
Anthropic has shipped four distinct Claude products—Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Claude Tag, and Routines—each wrapping the same underlying agent in a different envelope for a different job, according …
Cognition's June 2026 rebranding of Windsurf into Devin Desktop with native Agent Client Protocol support, now used by JetBrains, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Codex, signals that model choice is be…
GitHub released an update on August 11 enabling JetBrains users to run GitHub Copilot with local models via Ollama, shifting inference off hosted servers and eliminating per-token billing. The update …
GitHub Copilot is rolling out Grok 4.6, xAI's latest reasoning model designed for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise SKUs. T…
GitHub's weekly Copilot update (August 10) introduces Kimi K3 to all paid plans, makes Agent Plugins 1.0 generally available, and adds MAI-Code-1.1-Flash with image understanding. The update also brin…
Microsoft is shutting down Copilot features including Deep Research, AI Podcasts, Group Chats, Copilot Labs, and the Mico mascot on August 18, and merging its consumer Copilot app with Microsoft 365 C…
GitHub has made Google's Gemini 3.7 Flash model available in GitHub Copilot, rolling out gradually to Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. The model, billed at provider list pricing under u…
A psychologist's report on burnout in Open Source Software (OSS) finds that over 96% of companies depend on OSS, yet 73% of software developers experience burnout, risking the security of global softw…