Tag: coding assistant

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/30/vscode-copilot-chat/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat Feedly Summary: microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat As promised at Build 2025 in May, Microsoft have released the GitHub Copilot Chat client for VS Code under an open source (MIT) license. So far this is just the extension that provides the chat component of Copilot, but the launch announcement promises…

  • Cloud Blog: Tools Make an Agent: From Zero to Assistant with ADK

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/tools-make-an-agent-from-zero-to-assistant-with-adk/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Tools Make an Agent: From Zero to Assistant with ADK Feedly Summary: Imagine that you’re a project manager at QuantumRoast, a global coffee machine company. You help your teammates navigate a sea of engineering roadmaps, sudden strategy pivots (we’re doing matcha now!), and incoming tickets from customers— everything…

  • The Register: New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/github_begins_enforcing_premium_request/ Source: The Register Title: New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers Feedly Summary: Welcome to bill shock, AI style Microsoft’s GitHub this week said paying GitHub Copilot customers will now face monthly limits on certain types of high-powered AI requests, and will have to pay more if they want…

  • Slashdot: Canva Now Requires Use of LLMs During Coding Interviews

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/12/005258/canva-now-requires-use-of-llms-during-coding-interviews?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Canva Now Requires Use of LLMs During Coding Interviews Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Canva is modernizing its developer hiring process by incorporating AI coding assistants into technical interviews. This shift reflects the growing reliance on AI tools in software development, aiming to better evaluate candidates’…

  • The Register: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/canva_coding_assistant_job_interviews/ Source: The Register Title: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Feedly Summary: Design software slinger warns it won’t hire devs who aren’t good at modern tools Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/ai-assisted-coding/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes Feedly Summary: AI-assisted coding for teams that can’t get away with vibes This excellent piece by Atharva Raykar offers a bunch of astute observations on AI-assisted development that I haven’t seen written down elsewhere. Building with AI…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Co-founder on Cutting Access To Windsurf: ‘It Would Be Odd For Us To Sell Claude To OpenAI’

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/214212/anthropic-co-founder-on-cutting-access-to-windsurf-it-would-be-odd-for-us-to-sell-claude-to-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Co-founder on Cutting Access To Windsurf: ‘It Would Be Odd For Us To Sell Claude To OpenAI’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Anthropic’s decision to restrict access to its AI coding assistant Windsurf’s connection to Claude models in light of news about…

  • Hamel’s Blog: LLM Eval FAQ

    Source URL: https://hamel.dev/blog/posts/evals-faq/ Source: Hamel’s Blog Title: LLM Eval FAQ Feedly Summary: Our Course On AI Evals I’m teaching a course on AI Evals with Shreya Shankar. Here are some of the most common questions we’ve been asked. We’ll be updating this list frequently. Q: Is RAG dead? Question: Should I avoid using RAG for…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Releases Claude 4 Models That Can Autonomously Work For Nearly a Full Corporate Workday

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/22/1653257/anthropic-releases-claude-4-models-that-can-autonomously-work-for-nearly-a-full-corporate-workday Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Releases Claude 4 Models That Can Autonomously Work For Nearly a Full Corporate Workday Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, advanced coding and generative AI models, showcasing significant improvements in performance and capabilities, particularly for development…