Software Development

Microsoft releases .NET SDK for AG-UI agent-user interaction protocol

.NET SDK allows C# developers to work with the protocol that standardizes how agents communicate with user-facing applications.

By Paul Krill

Sep 27, 20263 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIMicrosoft .NET

Articles

Visual Studio Code 1.138 brings agent sessions to Dev Containers

The latest update to Microsoft’s code editor also expands Codex support in the agent host and previews automatic cleanup of agent sessions after their pull requests merge.

By Paul Krill

Sep 22, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Z.ai disables coding assistant feature after flaw exposed enterprise code upload risk

Z.ai’s default-enabled workflow sent entire local repositories to cloud infrastructure, raising fresh concerns over how AI tools handle sensitive source code.

By Gyana Swain

Sep 22, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData and Information SecurityDevelopment Tools

Fixing agent memory

When AI decides it won’t remember its mistakes, humans need the ability to inspect its memory and review its process.

By Matt Asay

Sep 22, 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISoftware Development

The agent coordination protocol hiding in plain sight: GitHub issues

Use GitHub issues to manage teamwork with agents across machines, projects, and AI platforms.

By Jon Udell

Sep 22, 2026 8 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIGitHub

Introducing the Redis/Intel Benchmarks Specification for Performance Testing, Profiling, and Analysis

Redis and Intel are collaborating on a “zero-touch” performance and profiling automation to scale Redis’s ability to pursue performance regressions and improve database code efficiency.

By Filipe Oliveira and Martin Dimitrov

Feb 21, 2023 8 mins

Build Automation

Claude Code now also accepts instructions in OpenAI’s Agents.md format

Anthropic’s move could reduce the maintenance burden of using multiple AI coding agents on a project — although it’s not without its complications.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 21, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

New npm malware finds a way around install script defenses

A malicious npm package reached over 2 million weekly downloads by hiding its payload in a routine library function rather than an install script.

By Shweta Sharma

Sep 21, 2026 3 mins

Code SecurityCybercrimeMalware

20 approaches to writing better AI prompts

AI prompts take many forms. Sometimes you can get better results from your large language model by trying something different.

By Peter Wayner

Sep 21, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISoftware Development

GitLab joins rush to slow AI coders with rate limits

Lower-tier and unauthenticated users will be affected first.

By Maxwell Cooter

Sep 18, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCode SecurityDevelopment Tools

A zero-click RCE flaw in AI coding agents could have exposed enterprise systems

By exploiting how AI coding agents retrieve and verify plugins, researchers were able to execute malicious code even when the agent was told to use a trusted, approved version.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 18, 2026 6 mins

Code EditorsDevelopment ToolsVulnerabilities

Supercharge your programming skills with Python superpowers

Learn how to seize the power of Python’s dataclasses, editable installs, virtual environments, and new free-threaded build. Plus other great reads for Python developers.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 18, 2026 3 mins

Programming LanguagesPythonSoftware Development