VS Code Insiders Podcast VS Code - 2025 Wrapped with Burke Holland and Pierce Boggan
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Dec 23, 2025 Burke Holland, an engineer on the VS Code team, shares insights on the exciting developments in VS Code from 2025. He discusses the impact of Copilot Free's launch, transforming workflows with Copilot Edits and Next Edit Suggestions. Burke explains the innovative Agent Mode for autonomous coding and how custom instructions enhance accuracy. The conversation also covers the importance of open sourcing Copilot Chat and the challenges of security in terminal commands. Together with Pierce Boggan, they reflect on a year of breakthroughs and community feedback that shaped VS Code.
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Copilot Free Catalyzed Rapid Change
- Copilot Free accelerated adoption and set the tone for an intense year of features.
- That December release changed VS Code's AI momentum and spurred rapid follow-ups.
Shift To In-Editor Prompting
- Use Copilot Edits to shift from copy-paste snippets to in-editor prompting and edits.
- Let the editor be your interaction surface for generating and inserting code changes directly.
AI That Predicts Your Next Edit
- Next Edit Suggestions predict needed edits and where to place them based on file context.
- That changed how users partner with AI by anticipating edits rather than only completing lines.