New JetBrains platform manages AI coding agents

Seeking to help developers control growing fleets of AI coding agents, JetBrains is introducing JetBrains Central, an agentic development platform for teams to manage and maintain visibility over these agents. An early access program for JetBrains Central is set to begin in the second quarter of 2026 with a limited number of design partners participating….

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New ‘StoatWaffle’ malware auto‑executes attacks on developers

A newly disclosed malware strain dubbed “StoatWaffle” is giving fresh teeth to the notorious, developer-targeting “Contagious Interview” threat campaign. According to NTT Security findings, the malware marks an evolution from the long-running campaign’s user-triggered execution to a near-frictionless compromise embedded directly in developer workflows. Attackers are using blockchain-themed project repositories as decoys, embedding a malicious VS Code…

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VS Code now updates weekly

With Microsoft now releasing stable updates to its Visual Studio Code editor weekly instead of just monthly, VS Code Versions 1.112 and 1.111 recently have been released, featuring capabilities such as agent troubleshooting, integrated browser debugging, and Copilot CLI permissions. Also featured is the deprecation of VS Code’s Edit Mode. VS Code 1.112  was released…

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When Windows 11 sneezes, Azure catches cold

If you look at Microsoft as a collection of product lines, it is easy to conclude that Windows 11 and Azure occupy different universes. One is a client operating system that has irritated its users, confused administrators, and pushed hardware refresh cycles in ways many customers did not want. The other is a hyperscale cloud…

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Designing self-healing microservices with recovery-aware redrive frameworks

Cloud-native microservices are built for resilience, but true fault tolerance requires more than automatic retries. In complex distributed systems, a single failure can cascade across multiple services, databases, caches or third-party APIs, causing widespread disruptions. Traditional retry mechanisms, if applied blindly, can exacerbate failures and create what is known as a retry storm, an exponential…

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