Kotlin Turns 15: Celebrate the Kotlin Effect
Kotlin News Kotlin Turns 15: Celebrate the Kotlin Effect 🎉 Kotlin turns 15! 🎉 For 15 years, you’ve helped shape Kotlin into the language it is today. Whether you’ve built apps, contributed to the ecosystem, taught others, or simply chosen Kotlin for your next project – thank you for being part of the journey. Today, […]
ReSharper 2026.2 Release Candidate Released!
The ReSharper 2026.2 Release Candidate is ready for you to try. This release takes the first step toward ACP-based agent support in Visual Studio, starting with Junie in Preview, and sharpens everyday C# development with better analysis, refactoring, and .editorconfig integration. It also brings broader tool support in Out-of-Process mode and continued C++ language work. […]
Rider 2026.2 Release Candidate Is Out!
.NET Tools Releases Rider The Rider 2026.2 Release Candidate is ready for you to try. This upcoming release opens the IDE’s own intelligence to your AI coding agents, brings GitHub Copilot in natively, and delivers a wave of performance gains across both .NET and game development. Rider 2026.2 makes debugger launch and branch switching noticeably […]
Debugging for .NET in VS Code and Cursor: The #1 Requested Feature Is Here
.NET Tools For over a year, the most consistent question from our users and community has been clear: When will the ReSharper extension support debugging? We heard you. And with the 2026.2 release, the first version of the debugger is now live. Built on the same core debugging engine that powers JetBrains Rider, this implementation […]
What’s New in ReSharper 2026.2 for VS Code-compatible editors
.NET Tools Releases The last couple of months have been busy ones for ReSharper across VS Code and compatible editors. Between the 2026.1 and 2026.2 releases, we’ve been steadily sharpening the everyday .NET experience – from tracing how your data flows, to navigating call chains, to keeping your project structure front and center. This post […]
dotInsights | July 2026
.NET Tools Did you know? The using keyword has two completely different meanings. You can use it to import classes from different namespaces at the top of a file, or to ensure deterministic cleanup in a method body. It’s not the only keyword that has multiple meanings. See how many you can think of. Welcome […]
Introducing the Kotlin Benchmark for AI Coding Agents
AI Introducing the Kotlin Benchmark for AI Coding Agents Agentic coding benchmarks are getting closer to real-world software development. For Kotlin teams, the most important question is how reliably AI agents can complete end-to-end Kotlin tasks, from reading an issue to producing a solution that passes validation. We’re taking the first step in addressing that […]
JetBrains Academy – June Digest
Digest JetBrains Academy JetBrains Academy – June Digest We need to have a mandatory meeting. I know, I know, but this one doesn’t ask you to turn your camera on or pretend you didn’t just wake up. It’ll just be you, your coffee, and six things worth your attention. Unlike most meetings, this one ends […]
The History of Kodee, Kotlin’s Mascot
Kotlin Research A few years back, the Kotlin team figured it was time their programming language had a mascot – something fun and friendly to make developers feel more at home. After all, so many other programming languages have their own characters – Gofer, elePHPant, Dart’s Dash, or Rust’s Ferris, for example. Bringing Kodee to […]
The Benchmark Meaning Gap
Research In any recent model comparison, you’ve probably seen a single number from a coding benchmark to represent “How good this model is at coding”. Those scores are tempting: they’re simple, they’re leaderboard-friendly, and they seem to tell a clear story about progress. But that story didn’t hold up when we looked more closely at […]