State of the AI World for Developers

State of the AI World for Developers

Here some links from my talk at VSLIVE 2025 in Las Vegas, NV, March 11, 2025.
Updated 2025-03-17 to use nicer links.

AI-Powered Coding Tools & Resources

AI Code Tools

GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer
GitHub Copilot works alongside you directly in your editor, suggesting whole lines or entire functions for you.
Tabnine AI Code Assistant | private, personalized, protected
Tabnine is the AI code assistant that accelerates and simplifies software development while keeping your code private, secure, and compliant.
Cursor - The AI Code Editor
Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.
AI Assistant | IntelliJ IDEA
Generative AI Assistant for Software Development – Amazon Q Developer – AWS
Amazon Q Developer is the most capable generative AI–powered assistant for building, operating, and transforming software, with advanced capabilities for managing data and AI/ML.

AI Models Resources

Build software better, together
GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
Models - Hugging Face
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Run Models Locally

Ollama
Get up and running with large language models.
GitHub - open-webui/open-webui: User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)
User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) - open-webui/open-webui
Run AI on your laptop or PC | Singulatron
The ultimate AI platform that is only yours, running on YOUR device.

Misc.

.NET AI Template Now Available in Preview - .NET Blog
Announcing the first preview of the .NET AI Template, for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI. Get started building amazing AI apps with .NET.

Brian A. Randell

Brian A. Randell

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