I’m starting something new. To kick things off, I wrote a short post on a completely uncontroversial take on AI: in 2026, nobody is building for chat anymore https://t.co/I8Y8Hp9lyv
vcpkg now has 2,824 ports. May's release brought Boost 1.91, Qt 6.11, and OpenCASCADE 8.0 updates, plus 27 new ports and 521 total port updates: https://t.co/hTjw5TPhF7
C++ folks, rejoice 🎉
PackageReference is now in VS for C++ — cleaner deps, faster restores, zero clutter.
MSBuild-native + NuGet harmony = happy builds 😎
Dive in → https://t.co/1LcSRgVuWf
MSVC now supports Sample Profile Guided Optimization (SPGO). Collect hardware performance counter samples from your actual release binaries in production, then feed them back to the compiler for PGO-quality optimizations. No instrumented builds needed.
https://t.co/prbQhKm1HC
Native C++ projects in Visual Studio now support PackageReference. Declare NuGet dependencies directly in your .vcxproj, get transitive resolution, and use the global package cache. This feature is experimental in the Insiders Channel. https://t.co/d8Ae5YJNhJ
We’re at #PyCon2026 in Long Beach, CA (May 14-17)! 🐍
Stop by the @Microsoft + @GitHub booth for 10-min hands-on labs with GitHub Copilot, Azure AI Search, and more.
Also: catch a sneak peek of Pylance + Pyrefly integration at the Meta booth Saturday at 1pm.
See you there 👋
🪄 Your agent experience, refined.
The latest @code release brings better BYOK visibility and control, integrated browser improvements, and more.
It also introduces the new Agents window (preview), making it easier to explore, iterate on, and review tasks across multiple projects.
MSVC Build Tools v14.51 is now GA and the default in VS 2026 v18.6. Additional C++23 support, codegen improvements that speed up your binaries without touching source, and preview support for Intel APX.
https://t.co/0hoFzyNmds
Yup, platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. Now, it's 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.)
GitHub Actions has grown from 500M minutes/week in 2023 to 1B minutes/week in 2025, and now 2.1B minutes so far this week.
So we're pushing incredibly hard on more CPUs, scaling services, and strengthening GitHub’s core features.
And as a fine purveyor of hand-crafted shit code for many years, I'm not gonna weigh in on that. 🤣
MSVC Build Tools 14.51 RC is here: C++23/C++20 conformance fixes, modernized parser, consteval + coroutine improvements, tons of SSA/CSE/SROA/PGO optimizer wins, preview Intel APX, full ARM64 SVE, SIMD‑boosted STL, and a long list of bug fixes.
📘 Blog: https://t.co/PePC5LFPuG
How can we make the unit testing experience in Visual Studio significantly better?
C++ and .NET devs: What’s your biggest frustration with Test Explorer, test discovery speed, debugging, Live Unit Testing, Google Test integration, or anything else?
Drop your ideas/suggestions below 👇
#VisualStudio #dotnet #cpp
VS Debugger Agent now runs a guided, runtime‑aware loop: analyzes the issue, sets smart breakpoints, watches your repro live, validates its hypothesis, and applies the fix when you approve. Less guessing, more verified fixes.
Blog: https://t.co/oB7teg9oOI
MSVC Build Tools 14.51 is stacking real C++23 gains: easier constexpr, smarter Unicode, new <flat_map>/<flat_set>, a long‑awaited <regex> overhaul, plus SIMD‑powered STL algorithms.
👉 Read the blog: https://t.co/knUc597LM0 🎈
The 2026 ISO C++ developer survey is open — takes ~10 minutes and directly informs the standardization committee and tooling vendors. Please share your feedback and share with your colleagues!
https://t.co/YxVjDp12mo
GitHub Copilot Build Performance helps reduce C++ build times by identifying expensive header includes, template instantiations, and function generation costs.
It then plans optimizations, with you in control.
Using it today? Share your experience: https://t.co/HmMwQPun7L
"Why are you taking things out of context?". In the world of AI agents, that's actually the right question. Context rot is a silent killer of autonomy.
The next season of agents won't be defined by context size, but by how effectively agents can forget
https://t.co/8LackDJRLT
MSVC Build Tools version 14.51 brings a big batch of C++23 features: flat_map, flat_set, portable assumptions, relaxed constexpr, and more. Only 2 features left for full C++23 support: https://t.co/WYHjFJNRRW
vcpkg updates are in: parallel installs, smoother downloads, a Windows OpenSSL fix, and a mountain of port updates — all validated across the main triplets.
Details:
https://t.co/m9RPdncDTM
vcpkg's Feb/March releases bring parallel file installation (1.39x faster on average), a security fix for OpenSSL packaging on Windows, and direct libcurl usage for more reliable downloads: https://t.co/GQdkX8XabP