Community Picks·3yThe Best Alternatives to GitHub Copilot in 2023
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered tool created by GitHub that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently. It uses machine learning to provide autocomplete-style suggestions and even complete code snippets to the developer as they work in their text editor. It can also suggest improvements to existing code and help with tasks like debugging and refactoring.
Visual Studio Blog·3yVisual Studio UI Refresh
The Microsoft Fluent design language provides a unified framework to create and deliver more productive, consistent, and accessible applications. The current visual language (which hasn’t been updated since Visual Studio 2012) has limitations for many customers. The new UI updates focus on three main pillars: cohesiveness, accessibility, and productivity.
The Next Web·3yOpenAI is offering a free class in prompt engineering for devs
Elaine Burke is an award-winning journalist, editor and broadcaster covering science, technology and media. She previously served as editor of Silicon Republic and is currently the host of For Tech's Sake. A short course in prompt engineering has been developed in partnership with OpenAI and is available via the DeepLearning.AI website.
Semaphore·3y10 Best Alternatives To ChatGPT: Developer Edition
Semaphore ChatGPT has been on the rise since its introduction. It completely changed how everyone, including developers, uses AI. This chatbot has significantly improved numerous areas, such as precise search results, enhanced human skills, and coding.
The Verge·3yWindows 11 is getting a force quit option to close apps without the Task Manager
Windows 11 is getting a force quit option to close apps without the Task Manager. Similar to macOS, it will allow Windows users to force crashed apps and buggy ones directly from the taskbar without having to open Task Manager. Microsoft has confirmed at its Build developers conference this week that it's adding the feature soon.
The Verge·3yMimestream is the Mac app every Gmail user needs
Mimestream is the email app for Mac that just came out of a yearslong beta. The app, created by a small team led by Neil Jhaveri, does almost everything Gmail does at least as well as Gmail. It doesn’t do IMAP and POP3 and all the standard email app stuff.
Visual Studio Code·3yVisual Studio Code April 2023
Visual Studio Code April 2023 (version 1.78) Download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available. New color themes- "Modern" light and dark color theme defaults. New default color themes replace 'Dark+' and 'Light Modern' as the new default dark and light color themes.
