.NET Rocks! Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen
Sep 11, 2025
In this engaging chat, Mads Kristensen, a Program Manager for the Visual Studio team at Microsoft and extension enthusiast, shares exciting developments for the upcoming Visual Studio 2026. He discusses deep AI integration for tasks like code completion and debugging, making the developer experience smoother than ever. The conversation also touches on Visual Studio's role in project management and its seamless integration with cloud services and GitHub, while recalling humorous moments from the past and the evolution of development tools.
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Small Delights Scale Big
- Tiny "paper cut" improvements matter because developers use Visual Studio for many hours daily.
- Focusing on developer happiness shifts priorities beyond raw productivity metrics.
Control Automatic Completions
- Disable or require a shortcut for automatic completions if they distract you during typing.
- Customize Copilot to trigger only on demand to reduce intrusive suggestions.
Feed AI Your Project Context
- Use Visual Studio's AI features to leverage project, Git, CI/CD, and deployment context for better suggestions.
- Bring relevant project context to copilots to make AI recommendations more accurate and actionable.