Microsoft & VS Code re-introduce GitHub Copilot by adding "Agent Mode".
But that's not their most powerful move against Cursor...

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Visual Studio Code has released a major update, introducing an Agent mode in GitHub Copilot to compete with other AI-enhanced code editors like Cursor and Windsurf. Additionally, Microsoft has started enforcing existing license restrictions on extensions from its marketplace, effectively blocking these forks from using them. This move, combined with improvements in GitHub Copilot, marks Microsoft's effort to retain its market dominance against competitors in the AI-driven coding space.

VS Code & Microsoft with the DOUBLE strike against Cursor!

Honestly I haven’t even tried anything else besides IJ, and I don’t intend to, vscode does everything I need it to, and it works flawless with my toolset, plus I’m not a vibe coder either, so I don’t need all that AI integration, after all AI is just a junior dev that does mistakes 😂

“I don’t know what you vibe coding people are doing,” I 1000% agree with that haha. I’ve given cursor, windsurf, copilot, augment (by far the best, sometimes), and many others a try it just fails at anything more than a crud app and forgets its own complexity lol

Your assessment is spot on. There is definitely something of value here, but these products still output poor quality work preventing me from adding it to my workflow yet. Also, M$, are you really going to hire any of these vibe coders you are creating? Just curious.