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Your AI agent can test the app it just built. James Montemagno explains: msft.it/6010aakiw

Two run perfectly. One has a bug. Can you spot it? Reply with Snippet 1, 2, or 3.

Your database can help AI diagnose a production problem. Bob Ward and Anna Hoffman explain: msft.it/6011aantX

std::future 🤝 “This value is MINE.” std::shared_future 🤝 “Everybody gets one!” 🎉
Raymond Chen wraps up C++ futures with move-only vs. shared consumption, get(), wait(), and the invisible source tying it all together. 🧵⚙️
Read: msft.it/6019aandS

Sick of looking through menus for that setting you can't find? Learn how easily you can navigate with the Command Palette.

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Per-user database authentication can kill connection pooling. Bob Ward has a better approach. Dive into the full session: msft.it/6019aanMR

Before: “Which commit broke this?” 😵‍💫
Now: 🔍 Compare with Working Tree.

Visual Studio 2026 v18.11 lets you diff a historical commit against your current working tree without checking it out or leaving your branch.

See how in this #VisualStudio blog: msft.it/6017aapvX

AI doesn't remove code review, it changes it. More code than ever is getting generated, but the bar for what ships hasn't moved. Sebastian Hernandez and Wendy Breiding make the case for the human touch: msft.it/6019avQ4V

Need synchronous work NOW, but your C++ API expects a std::future? 🧠⚡
Three routes: 🔹 std::promise 🔹 std::packaged_task 🔹 std::async(launch::deferred) + immediate wait()
Future acquired. Thread detour avoided. 😎
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One agent is good. Multiple agents working in parallel is better. Kayla Cinnamon explores what that unlocks: msft.it/6017avQ8b

⚙️ MSVC 14.52 RC = a LOT happening below your C++.
/std:c++23 ✅ More LTCG/inlining tricks 🔥 More x64 + ARM64 vectorization 🦾 C++23 feature-complete STL 📚 Faster ASan 🧪
Pop the hood 👇
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The future of coding isn't AI replacing your tools, it's AI working with them. Jason Bock explores what that hybrid approach actually looks like: msft.it/6017avtjJ

Every AI tool had its own rules. Now there's one. Bob Ward shows how: msft.it/6011avsWt

🧠 C++ std::async looks simple… until the standard enters the chat. 😅
Immediate or deferred? Same thread or new thread? And async | deferred? The implementation gets to choose. 🎲
Decode the mental model 👇 msft.it/6019avsO9

🚀 Tab wrangling, now keyboard-first in Visual Studio 2026 v18.11.
⌨️ Ctrl+Shift+PgUp/PgDn → move tabs ⚡ Ctrl+NumPad1–9 → jump by visual position
Arrange your working set, then fly between files. 🧑‍💻
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No symbols. No source code. Just a crash dump staring back at you. Used to be the end of the story. Marco Peyrot Carrion shows what changed.

The whole process: msft.it/6013avs5X

Buried in chat history. Forgotten by tomorrow. Yeojun Han turns AI prompts into reusable workflows: msft.it/6017avqCR

🧵 C++ futures, round 2! ⚙️
See how std::promise + std::packaged_task build on shared state, with get_future() providing the IOU while results or exceptions flow back through the source. 🧠
Async C++, demystified. 👇 msft.it/6016av3c0