My go-to tool for coding: Visual Studio Code

The EPD (Engineering-Product-Design) tripod is changing, and the lines between roles are blurring. Great insights from the VS Code team 💡

🚀 Introducing VS Code Extension: “4S Navigation Tool” 🧭 If you’ve ever felt lost while navigating large codebases, jumping between files, or hunting for definitions buried deep inside template files — built something just for you. During my master’s, I wanted to work on a real-time project that solves an actual developer pain point — navigating large, complex codebases efficiently. That’s what inspired me to build the 4S Navigation Tool, a Visual Studio Code extension that helps developers code faster, search smarter, and stay in flow. 💡 Why I Built It: As developers, we spend up to 25% of our time just navigating code — switching between definitions, searching subwords, or Googling snippets on Stack Overflow. So I decided to create a tool that helps developers code faster, search smarter, and stay focused — without leaving VS Code. ⚙️ What It Does: ✅ Go to Definition – Instantly navigate to function or file definitions in your workspace. ✅ Subword Search – Highlight any variable or snippet → find it across your entire project. ✅ Stack Overflow Search – Directly query Stack Overflow from inside VS Code — no browser hopping! All in one lightweight extension that integrates seamlessly with your editor. 🧠 Built With: TypeScript + VS Code API Asynchronous workspace search for blazing-fast results Custom Webview integration for a future-ready UI Designed for speed, simplicity, and developer flow ⚡ Impact: Rated ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on the Marketplace by early users. Reduces code navigation time by 40%+ in large projects. Saves context switching between VS Code and browsers. 👨💻 My Vision: To keep expanding this into a developer productivity suite, adding features like: Smart AI search for documentation 🧠 In-editor Stack Overflow answer previews Language-agnostic navigation (React, Python, etc.) If you use VS Code and love optimizing your workflow, I’d love your feedback! Install it, try it, and let me know what feature you’d want next. 💬 🔗 Install here: https://lnkd.in/gSFSNfxZ ⭐ Don’t forget to leave a rating if it helps you! #VSCode #DeveloperTools #Productivity #SoftwareEngineering #JavaScript #TypeScript #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #AWS #Developers #CodingCommunity

🚀 Visual Studio 2026 just dropped, and it’s packed with upgrades that developers will actually use. Here are a few I’m especially excited about 👇 1️⃣ Code Coverage for all editions Code Coverage is now available across all versions of Visual Studio, no Enterprise license required. This makes it much easier to validate test completeness directly in the IDE and eliminates the need for tools like Fine Code Coverage. Shorter feedback loops = faster confidence. 2️⃣ Adaptive Paste with Copilot When you paste code, Copilot automatically handles renaming, formatting, and context adjustments. If it works as well as advertised, this could remove a ton of friction from refactors and code reviews. 3️⃣ Copilot understands uncommitted changes You can now query GitHub Copilot using your uncommitted changes as context. That unlocks some powerful use cases — checking for missing unit tests, reviewing logic, or validating patterns before you push a branch. I’ll be testing these features in my daily workflow over the next few weeks. 💬 What new feature are you most excited to try in Visual Studio 2026? #VisualStudio #GitHubCopilot #DotNet #CSharp #DeveloperTools #Coding #Productivity

⚡ *25 Tools to Supercharge Your Coding Workflow* 💻🚀 ✅ Visual Studio Code ✅ Sublime Text ✅ Postman ✅ Insomnia ✅ Figma ✅ Notion ✅ Obsidian ✅ Slack ✅ Discord ✅ GitKraken ✅ Tower ✅ Raycast ✅ Warp Terminal ✅ iTerm2 ✅ Hyper ✅ Docker ✅ Kubernetes ✅ Vercel ✅ Netlify ✅ Heroku ✅ Supabase ✅ PlanetScale ✅ Railway ✅ UptimeRobot

🌟 Coding Just Got Smarter! 🚀 Visual Studio 2026 is here, and it’s redefining the developer experience!   ✨ What’s New? 🔹 AI-Native IDE – Deep GitHub Copilot integration for an intelligent workflow 🔹 Performance Boosts – 40% faster solution load times, 50% fewer UI hangs, snappier navigation 🔹 Fluent UI Redesign – Modern interface, 11 new tinted themes, adaptive settings 🔹 Decoupled Build Tools – Update IDE without breaking your toolchain 🔹 .NET 10 & C# 14 Support – Full compatibility with the latest frameworks 🔹 Enhanced Productivity – AI-powered search, code coverage in all editions, inline Copilot suggestions 🔹 Over 300 new features & 5,000 bug fixes based on developer feedback   💡 This isn’t just an upgrade—it’s a smarter, faster, and more collaborative way to code! 👉 Download now: https://lnkd.in/d9pQqXJx   #VisualStudio2026 #AI #DeveloperTools #DotNet10 #Coding #Productivity #Microsoft #GitHubCopilot

🚀 Shipped: Dart Unused Code (v1) – a VS Code extension I kept seeing unused methods pile up in real-world Dart/Flutter codebases - and most linters didn’t flag them at project scope. So I built a tool and turned it into a VS Code extension with inline highlights for early detection, aligned with shift-left approach in SDLC. What it does • Detects unused methods across your project • Surfaces issues inside the IDE as you code(yellow squiggly line) • Enables incremental cleanup during normal dev flow Results • Identified ~60 unused leaf methods in a production codebase • Continuous removals → cleaner, more maintainable code Roadmap • Unused class detection • Better performance & accuracy • Auto-cleanup helpers • Detect unused code chains/trees Try it on the VS Code Marketplace: https://lnkd.in/gcs_KExF 🙏 Acknowledgments: Huge thanks to Venkata Raghavan Seshadri and Frédérik St-Onge for their encouragement, feedback, and support. #VSCode #Dart #Flutter #DevTools #DeadCode #CodeQuality #Refactoring #ShiftLeft #OpenSource #PublicisSapient

🚀 What’s new in Visual Studio 2026 Here are some standout features: Deep AI-integration: Copilot is embedded throughout the IDE — from code completion to profiling and inline suggestions. Performance improvements: Faster startup, quicker solution loads, smoother navigation — less waiting, more coding. Modernized UI & experience: A refreshed interface, new themes, better alignment with today’s workflows. Updated release model: Introduces the “Insiders” channel for monthly updates and early feature access. Compatibility & ecosystem: Supports the latest frameworks (e.g., .NET 10 / C# 14) and maintains extension compatibility. 🧠 How this helps speed up development Reduced friction: With AI helping you find issues early, auto-generate code stubs, and suggest tests, you spend less time fighting the IDE and more time building. Faster feedback: Quicker solution loads + build times = faster iteration cycles → quicker delivery of features. Improved flow: A smoother UI means fewer interruptions, fewer context switches, fewer distractions. Future-proofing: Ready for the latest frameworks and patterns, making upgrades and modernization easier rather than harder. Better collaboration: With inline pull-request comments, AI suggestions and improved Git/GitHub integration, team workflows become smoother. Happy coding! #dotnet #CSharp #softwaredevelopment #programming #productivity #dotnet10 #CSharp14 #dotnetdeveloper #visualstudio2026

Git Commit Leapfrogging If you work with Visual Studio, sometimes git commits can get tricky if you are relatively new to git and need to commit staged changes. In Visual Studio, in the 'Git Changes' tab, right-clicking a folder or set of files and selecting 'Stage' will hold them for commit (or entering 'git add folder-name' at the command line). If other changes have already been made elsewhere and don't need to be committed/checked-in, the changes can be leapfrogged, so to speak, at the command line. Here's how. To see the staged status, enter this command at the command line in the primary directory (some command line tools highlight staged in green and not-staged in red): git status Then, to commit the changes locally, enter this command or similar (example text and IDs added for an Azure DevOps commit example): git commit -m "Project Name: What changes/additions are being committed. PBI ID #123 Task ID #456" And finally, enter this command at the command line or similar, assuming the commit needs to occur at the default location/branch: git push origin main #git #gitcommands #gitstage #visualstudio

Nothing beats open-source! We now have a fully open-source coding agent that can compete with any proprietary solution out there: • 500+ available models • It doesn't train on your code • It doesn't charge a penny for tokens • It's open. You can change if you want. Kilo Code is the #1 app on OpenRouter right now, and the community is releasing new features on GitHub at rocket speed (about 20 releases in the last 30 days). I installed it in Visual Studio Code, but you can install it in pretty much any IDE. I need to spend more time with it, but here is a very interesting design choice: Most coding agents support two modes: an "agentic" mode for writing code and an "ask" mode for talking to the model without making any changes. Kilo Code supports 5 different modes: 1. Architect mode - Research, design, and planning 2. Debug mode - Problem solving and troubleshooting 3. Code mode - To write code. 4. Ask mode - To talk to the model. 5. Orchestrator mode - Combine every agent to solve problems. On paper, I really like this. I'll need more time to try out the specialized agents and see whether niching becomes an advantage. Here is the link to the website: https://fandf.co/4qkGD5f Thanks to the Kilo Code for partnering with me on this post.

What Claude Code does for you... - 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Tell Claude what you want to build in plain English. It will make a plan, write the code, and ensure it works. - 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀: Describe a bug or paste an error message. Claude Code will analyze your codebase, identify the problem, and implement a fix. - 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲: Ask anything about your team’s codebase, and get a thoughtful answer back. Claude Code maintains awareness of your entire project structure, can find up-to-date information from the web, and with 🅼🅲🅿 can pull from external datasources like Google Drive, Figma, and Slack. - 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀: Fix fiddly lint issues, resolve merge conflicts, and write release notes. Do all this in a single command from your developer machines, or automatically in CI.