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 ...

Microsoft's February 2026 Foundry update includes broader platform changes, but the most immediate developer-facing news for VS Code users is an AI Toolkit refresh centered on tool discovery, agent ...

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AI-powered productivity tools now shape how modern software teams build, test, and maintain applications. From AI coding assistants that generate boilerplate code to intelligent agents that automate ...

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Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...

Asynchronous programming with async and await has existed in .NET for years. Now Microsoft is delivering a new runtime environment for asynchronous execution.

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We encourage students to push their preconceived boundaries and embrace early experimentation as a critical part of the iterative process. The MFA Computer Arts program emphasizes creativity and a ...