Inside Snowflake’s Latest AI Push: New Platform Capabilities and a $200M OpenAI Deal

At its BUILD London event yesterday, Snowflake rolled out a new set of AI capabilities aimed at simplifying the development of agents and other advanced applications. The new capabilities include native integration of Snowflake Postgres, Semantic View Autopilot, and Cortex Code, among other tools.  These new capabilities come only a couple of days after Snowflake…

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Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.110, an update of the popular code editor that makes agents practical for long-running and more complex tasks by giving developers new ways to extend agents, smarter session management, and more visibility and control, the company said. Introduced March 4, VS Code 1.110, also known as the February 2026…

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How to adapt your skills for AI-driven development

Today, it is nearly impossible for anyone in a software development role to avoid AI technology. That’s not a bad thing; individuals and teams can realize numerous potential benefits from AI-driven development. One thing is certain: Software developers who haven’t already done so must adapt their skills to meet the demands of this new era….

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Salesforce may be prepping to phase out Heroku

Salesforce has signaled a major strategic shift for its long-standing cloud platform Heroku by ending sales of new Heroku Enterprise contracts and moving the service into a maintenance-focused “sustaining engineering” phase. “Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support…. Enterprise Account contracts will no longer be offered…

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