Best of JetBrains — October 2025

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   DataGrip Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use

   JetBrains DataGrip, a cross-platform database IDE, is now free for non-commercial use including learning, hobby projects, open-source development, and content creation. The change follows similar moves for RustRover, CLion, Rider, WebStorm, and RubyMine. All commercial features remain available in the free version, including AI-powered code completion, multi-database support, and Git integration. Commercial users must still purchase licenses. The free license lasts one year with automatic renewal and requires anonymous telemetry sharing.

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   IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.3 Is Out!

   IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.3 is now available with bug fixes addressing Jira Task Server integration, breakpoint functionality in the Services view with ClassicUI plugin, and the ability to open multiple files from the Find Usages dialog. The update can be installed through the IDE, Toolbox App, snaps for Ubuntu, or downloaded directly from the website.

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   Moving PHP open source forward

   JetBrains announces a new structured approach to PHP open-source sponsorships, committing to support approximately five projects annually. For 2025-2026, they're sponsoring developers working on Mago (a Rust-based PHP linter), PHPStan, Rector, AI/MCP exploration in PHP, and 3v4l.org. They continue supporting the PHP Foundation while transitioning away from sponsoring Xdebug and CodeSniffer to diversify their support across more projects over time.

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   IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.4 Is Out!

   IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.4 is now available with bug fixes addressing critical issues including uninstaller failures, code completion freezes caused by recursive StubIndex calls, cURL import problems in HTTP Client, line ending preservation during shelve/unshelve operations, background image display in tool windows, Maven console output for Chinese characters, AI diff view usability improvements, and module build dependency ordering.

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   The “10x” Commandments of Highly Effective Go

   Ten practical principles for writing effective Go code, covering package design, comprehensive testing, readable code structure, safe defaults, proper error handling, avoiding global state, structured concurrency patterns, environment decoupling, graceful error management, and actionable logging. Emphasizes writing reusable packages over standalone programs, using consistent naming conventions, implementing always-valid types, wrapping errors properly, and keeping concurrency confined. Includes specific recommendations for security (os.Root), memory efficiency, and using standard library features like slog and go:embed.

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   JetBrains Is Sunsetting CodeCanvas

   JetBrains announced the discontinuation of CodeCanvas, their cloud development environment platform launched in 2024. The company concluded that traditional CDEs are becoming obsolete in the AI-enabled development landscape and cannot meet evolving developer needs. CodeCanvas will stop accepting new licenses immediately, provide support until January 2026, and shut down completely by March 2026. JetBrains is pivoting to develop a new AI-first, cloud-native product focused on autonomous AI agents, with CDEs playing a supporting role in the new architecture.

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   Coming to Rider 2025.3: ASP.NET and Database Issue Detection In The Monitoring Tool Window

   Rider 2025.3 introduces enhanced monitoring capabilities with real-time database and ASP.NET issue detection. The Monitoring tool window now automatically identifies slow queries, excessive database connections, and long-running MVC actions alongside existing CPU, memory, and GC tracking. Issues appear in real time beneath performance charts, with dotUltimate subscribers gaining access to detailed profiling through dotTrace. The feature is available across Windows, Linux, and macOS, providing a unified interface for tracking application performance bottlenecks without switching between multiple tools.

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