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VS Code's open source claim is misleading — here's the truly open source version

I'm a big fan of Visual Studio Code — also commonly known as VS Code. I'm not a coder, but it's long been my writing tool of preference, above all others. One of VS Code's big pulls is that it's open ...

Microsoft Releases Visual Studio Code Documentary

Microsoft has published a documentary about the creation of Visual Studio Code, its free, cross-platform, open source code ...
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Going Local (& a Bit Loco) with Open-Source AI in VS Code

Running open-source AI locally in VS Code proved possible, but the path was more complicated than the polished model catalogs initially suggested. On a modest company laptop with 12 GB of RAM and no ...
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I replaced VS Code with Zed, and after its latest update it's faster, lighter, and finally handles my AI agents too

VS Code is the most widely used code editor, but I’ve never been a big fan. I’ve still used it regularly for years because there simply wasn’t a better option. You could point to Cursor and ...