JetBrains launches Rider 2026.2 EAP 5, bringing several AI improvements

A new EAP build of JetBrains' C# IDE, Rider, is now available, bringing several improvements focused on agentic programming.
Tech Times

VS Code Agents Hit Stable: Air-Gapped BYOK Unlocks Enterprise AI Coding

VS Code agents are now in Stable preview, and the 1.122 update removed the GitHub OAuth requirement from BYOK, letting defense, healthcare, and finance developers run fully air-gapped AI-assisted ...
MSN on MSN

I built a fully local AI coding assistant in Windows with Ollama and VS Code

The only operating cost is electricity.
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.123 Adds Agent Session Sync, 1M Context Windows

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.123 on June 3, adding agent-focused features, larger model context support, integrated browser updates and a new delay for some automatic extension updates.
XDA Developers on MSN

Terminal agents are replacing VS Code as the center of my development workflow

The agent is doing the actual work, and VS Code is just a window.
GitHub

Good First Issues

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