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Why Extending GitHub Copilot in VS Code May Not Be the Best Fit for Your AI-Native Development Tool

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 - 10:48 by Thomas Froment
When organizations plan to build a new tool or IDE today, AI integration is almost always a key requirement from day one. The success of GitHub #Copilot in #VSCode has naturally created a strong desire to offer similar experiences, such as code completion, terminal help, commit message generation, and AI...

When “Open” Isn’t Open Enough: Rethinking Trust in Dev Tools

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 13:00 by Thomas Froment
The rise of AI is redefining the development tools landscape, fast. It’s no longer just better code navigation or debuggers. Today, IDEs are becoming intelligent assistants, with AI at their core. But with this shift comes new tension: control, ownership, and freedom in developer tools are being challenged in ways...

Why Open Community Experience 2024 is a Must-Attend Event for Software Professionals

Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 12:31 by Thomas Froment
It's undeniable that today's software innovation stems from the Open Source community. Celebrating 20 years of the Eclipse Foundation, the EclipseCon has evolved into the Open Community Experience (OCX) . This rebranding reflects the foundation's expansion beyond developer tooling into diverse domains like real-time embedded systems, Dataspaces, Java ecosystems (Adoptium...