2026-09-27 New release: Simple Tab Saver version 1.8.0
An update of Simple Tab Saver is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace. See Release Notes.
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Simple Tab Saver - a Visual Studio extension to save tabs and restore tabs, using portable JSON files, with a compact toolbar UI. Available for free on the Visual Studio Marketplace. It started as a replacement for an extension that stopped working, and the Dev Journal documents how it grew from there.
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2026-09-07 New article: Structure over vigilance
Article two is a report about two project failures that happened under my watch, and the rules decided in advance that prevented what watching closely could not catch.
2026-08-24 New release: Simple Tab Saver version 1.7.1
A small follow-up update of Simple Tab Saver is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace. See Release Notes.
2026-08-24 New article: Designing by inversion
The series opens with a short origin story. A trusted extension broke for good, and its replacement was designed by writing down exactly where it failed and doing the opposite.
2026-08-07 New release: Simple Tab Saver version 1.7.0
A large update of Simple Tab Saver is now available on the Visual Studio Marketplace. See Release Notes.
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