eupolicy.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This Mastodon server is a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in areas related to EU policy. When you request to create an account, please tell us something about you.

Server stats:

221
active users

#visualstudiocode

12 posts6 participants1 post today

The GitHub Copilot Chat client for VS Code is now open source under the MIT license. Here's the source code:

"As Copilot Chat releases in lockstep with VS Code due to its deep UI integration, every new version of Copilot Chat is only compatible with the latest and newest release of VS Code. This means that if you are using an older version of VS Code, you will not be able to use the latest Copilot Chat.

Only the latest Copilot Chat versions will use the latest models provided by the Copilot service, as even minor model upgrades require prompt changes and fixes in the extension. An older version of Copilot Chat will still use the latest version of Copilot completions."

github.com/microsoft/vscode-co

GitHubGitHub - microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat: Copilot Chat extension for VS CodeCopilot Chat extension for VS Code. Contribute to microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat development by creating an account on GitHub.

The author of the "Material Theme" and "Material Icon Theme" for Visual Studio Code, has just pulled the dirtiest move I've ever seen from an extension developer.

With the latest "update" they pulled all previous versions, changed the name & licence, blocked all feedback/comments and made the theme "paid".

It's since been reviewed-bombed from nearly 5, to barely 1.5 stars, but after it been FOSS for a decade and as one of, if not the most popular theme pack, I'm unsure what else they expected.

As I got sick of #VisualStudioCode, I am now trying out #Zed, and after an hour of use, I don't have a strong opinion yet, except:

  • God is it responsive, it's nice to have an editor that's written in a compiled language instead of a browser pretending to be an editor.
  • It had a flag to turn off all the AI nonsense, the "sparkle" icon is gone now, and I'm happier for it.