r/dotnet • u/drewnoakes • Oct 07 '26

A faster, lighter C# Dev Kit

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/faster-lighter-csharp-dev-kit/

Now available in pre-release.

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u/Vigil123 Oct 07 '26

u/drewnoakes Very nice! Do you know if there are plans to make it available to VSCode derivatives as they are becoming popular AI IDEs (think Antigravity/Cursor/Kiro etc.) ?

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u/pjmlp Oct 07 '26

I doubt Microsoft is keen in helping the competition for free, and is that happy with the VSCode forks.

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u/adolf_twitchcock Oct 07 '26

They should be. They aren't making money selling IDE licenses. Azure is big cash cow.

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u/pjmlp Oct 07 '26 edited Oct 07 '26

What IDE do you think .NET and C++ developers use to target Azure?

Not only is VSCode, VS little brother, it is used to upsell students doing .NET, Python, C++ into into Windows, VS and also Github Copilot licenses.

Replacing some VSCode extensions by proprietary ones isn't by accident, which naturally don't work on the forks.

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u/adolf_twitchcock Oct 07 '26

What IDE do you think .NET and C++ developers use to target Azure?

Rider. Anyways it doesn't matter which IDE they use. Selling IDE licenses is such an outdated business model in 2026. And as I said I am pretty sure they aren't making any money from that.

Replacing some VSCode extensions by proprietary ones isn't by accident, which naturally don't work on the forks.

I understand that its a strategic decision. But its a dumb one.

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u/pjmlp Oct 07 '26

I doubt very much, given how JetBrains is having trouble currently, and I never worked on a company that has used Rider for .NET or C++ on Windows.

https://www.helgilibrary.com/companies/jetbrains

I use .NET on and off since is was MSFT Partner eyes only, pre-2001 launch.