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AI Coding Assistants for Large C++ Codebases: What Works, What Breaks, and How to Split the Work

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July 13, 2026
AI Coding Assistants for Large C++ Codebases: What Works, What Breaks, and How to Split the Work AI tools are everywhere. They’re in your phone, your car, your office, and it even made its way into software development. It’s being pushed as a do-it-all solution for coding, and in many cases it does solve, or the very least,  speeds up the busywork. The benefit is real and it’s…
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Visual Assist 2026.3 release post

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April 3, 2026
Visual Assist 2026.3: Expanding AI Workflows & Improving Performance AI in IDEs is evolving quickly, but for many the hype might feel artificial. For most C++ developers, the question isn’t “can AI write code?” — it’s: “how can I fit this…
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Visual Assist 2025.4 release post

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October 22, 2025
TL;DR  Visual Assist 2025.4 brings one of the platform’s largest updates to-date with 60+ new C++ code inspections focused on safety, a redesigned user experience for core navigation and refactoring features, and the introduction of VA Intelligence, a new local AI-powered feature to explain code symbols. The release is built to enable developers to write safer, more maintainable code with an…
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