The real winner of Cursor’s $60B acquisition won’t be AI coding assistants
When news broke that SpaceX would acquire Cursor’s parent company, Anysphere, in a reported $60 billion all-stock deal, most of the discussion centered around AI. This was another milestone and enormous valuation, and signal that AI is still bringing enormous disruption. Those reactions aren’t wrong but they can overshadow the bigger story. The real significance […]
The Dev Containers Story: Introducing EelApi for Plugin Authors
Modern development has shifted one old IDE paradigm significantly: Now, not only is it possible that a project is not hosted on the same physical or remote machine as your IDE instance, it could even be that both share the same host but are separated from one another inside isolated environments. If you are a […]
How We Measure the ROI of JetBrains IDEs
Research Organizations already spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on software, so it’s only natural that when they evaluate new paid tools, one question is top of mind: “Will this actually pay off?” Our ROI (return on investment) calculator was designed to help estimate the potential gains of JetBrains IDEs and AI Ultimate subscriptions. The […]
How to Win a Hackathon: Notes From the Judging Table
At the JetBrains x Codex Hackathon, I spent two days watching teams build and then pitch their projects. The thing that decided most of the winners wasn’t just the previous twenty-four hours of work. It was the few minutes they spent presenting it. A strong project with a confusing demo loses to a simpler project […]
YouTrack Helpdesk Now Includes Customer Groups
Features News Releases YouTrack Helpdesk Now Includes Customer Groups YouTrack 2026.2 introduces customer groups in YouTrack Helpdesk, helping B2B support teams tailor the support experience to different customers. Teams can manage tickets by company, team, or organization, maintain different SLAs, assign support agents to specific groups, and apply customer-specific rules. Multiple reporters from the same […]
YouTrack Security Update: Upgrade Required for YouTrack Server
We’re sharing this update to inform YouTrack administrators about several security vulnerabilities that were recently identified and fixed in YouTrack. For YouTrack Cloud users, this post is purely informational – YouTrack Cloud has already been patched and no action is required. For YouTrack Server administrators, we recommend upgrading to one of the fixed versions listed […]
Structuring IntelliJ Plugins with Optional Content Modules
What if one part of your plugin should load only when a specific IDE functionality is available? Plugin Model v2 is now available as an experimental way to structure, package, and build plugins, and to support such scenarios in a future-proof way. Its primary use case is in Split Mode (Remote Development) plugins. In this […]
Bamboo End of Life: How to Prepare and Choose the Right CI/CD Replacement
TeamCity Tools If your team is using Bamboo, you’ve probably seen the news: Bamboo Data Center is being retired as part of Atlassian’s broader Data Center transition strategy. Support will continue for several years, but many teams have already started thinking about the next step. Whether you’re considering Bamboo Cloud or moving to an entirely […]
Junie: The JetBrains AI Coding Agent Leaves Beta
Agentic AI JetBrains AI News Junie: The JetBrains AI Coding Agent Leaves Beta Junie started as an experiment. We asked, “What if an AI coding agent didn’t just guess at the details of your project, but actually used the same tools you do?” Over the last year, that experiment turned into a product used by […]
Your JetBrains IDE Expertise, Now on LinkedIn
Every developer has tools they rely on daily. The workflows they’ve built around them, the ways they’ve learned to move faster, debug smarter, and write better code – that kind of hands-on experience can be hard to put into words. We’re collaborating with LinkedIn to make it easier for you to showcase your expertise with […]