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Visual Studio Code has new experimental themes and more AI coding features

The January 2026 update has arrived.

Visual Studio Code 1.109: Watch AI Models Think

In VS Code chat, AI agents can now ask follow-up questions and generate Mermaid diagrams, and Anthropic Claude models show ...

Claude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break

Anthropic’s Claude AI models experienced a major outage today, impacting products like Claude Code. Developers were seeing a ...

Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

Goose, Block’s open-source AI coding agent, is emerging as a free alternative to Anthropic’s Claude Code, as developers weigh offline control, rate limits, and the rising cost of AI coding tools.

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works ...

I used Claude to vibe-code my wildly overcomplicated smart home

Somewhat reassured, I used the fully HA-integrated Claude Code to finish migrating most of my nearly 200 smart home devices.