GitHub Is Dying and Microsoft Is Holding the Knife: The 2026 Developer Betrayal

<p>If you use GitHub's merge queue and had a rough week around April 23rd, 2026, you were not imagining things. Your code actually disappeared. Not because of a bad commit, not

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<p>Your IDE autocompletes a function signature in 200 milliseconds. You hit "Accept" without thinking. Three months later, you're staring at that same function during a production

<p>The data is clear on what’s already happening.</p> <ul> <li><p>Labor’s share of GDP fell to <strong>53.8% in Q3 2025</strong> — the lowest in the modern BLS series back to

<h2> The state of AI code review in 2026 - an industry that grew up fast </h2> <p>Two years ago, AI code review was an experiment. A handful of early-stage startups were trying to

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<p>The receipt landed in my GitHub inbox on a Monday morning. </p> <p>Subject: important changes to your Copilot plan. </p> <p>Body: starting June 1, every Copilot subscription

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