Microsoft charges hundreds every year for Visual Studio Pro, but it’s only $33 here

Why rent something you can own?

Microsoft charges $99.99 per month for a Visual Studio license — get it for life here for $35

Same tools, but now you can finally stop renting them ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Copilot Billing Shock Hits Developers

Developer complaints about GitHub Copilot's new usage-based billing model have centered on unexpectedly rapid AI credit consumption, and neither GitHub nor Microsoft has responded directly to the ...

And Now I’ve Vibe-Coded a Native Windows 11 App ⭐

The Build 2026 keynote was overly-long, in keeping with tradition. But there was some good news for Windows developers too.

From code-first to intent-first: Microsoft Build 2026 could be the end of programming as we know it

Build 2026 runs from June 2-3 in San Francisco. Here's what Microsoft is expected to announce for GitHub Copilot, Azure AI ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: Ubiquiti Fixes, And FreeBSD Joins The Club You Don’t Want To Join

Ubiquiti released a new security bulletin detailing fixes for six security issues, including one rated 9.1 (critical) and one scoring a perfect 10.0 on the CVE risk scale. The vulnerabilities ...
Tech Times

GitHub Copilot Replaces GPT-4 With Project Polaris, Ships Multi-Agent VS Code at Build

GitHub Copilot multi-agent support for VS Code launched at Microsoft Build 2026 alongside Project Polaris, an in-house AI ...
Purdue University

The RACES writing strategy is an acronym that stands for the following components:

This refers to restating or rephrasing the question or prompt in your own words to ensure that you understand it correctly. Provide a clear and concise answer to the question or prompt. This is the ...
NPR

Studio 2

May 22, 2026 Studio 2 Extra: Bestselling author Celeste Ng In Our Missing Hearts, writer Celeste Ng meticulously crafts a near-future American dystopia, not far removed from the real world. It’s the ...