A developer discusses the non-deterministic nature of LLMs like GitHub Copilot, arguing that while useful, they cannot take ownership of errors like a human teammate.
How the Aspire team used GitHub Copilot's Planning mode to automate migrating hundreds of documentation articles from Microsoft Learn to a new Astro/Starlight site.
A guide on using custom instruction files like copilot-instructions.md to tailor GitHub Copilot's behavior for specific projects and improve code suggestions.
Explores GitHub Copilot's new custom agents feature, detailing how to create specialized AI coding assistants for specific workflows and frameworks.
Guide to automate Azure access for GitHub Copilot using the Azure Developer CLI's coding-agent extension for secure, passwordless authentication.
A summary of recent blog posts from Microsoft's .NET, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Visual Studio teams, covering new releases, preview features, and updates.
Explores GitHub Copilot CLI's new standalone tool, how to install it, and reveals how to inspect its underlying AI prompts and model configuration.
A developer shares five practical ways to use GitHub Copilot's background coding agent to automate tasks, delegate issues, and speed up development workflows.
Weekly roundup of recent Azure, .NET, GitHub, and Visual Studio blog posts, including updates on AI tools, security, and development features.
Introducing Hotkey Typer, a small Windows utility that types predefined text snippets with a hotkey, perfect for demos and tutorials.
Explains how to create custom AI personas in GitHub Copilot Chat for specialized tasks like security reviews, documentation, and refactoring.
A guide to creating custom chat modes in GitHub Copilot, with examples for Azure Bicep to define specialized AI agent roles.
A CEO describes using AI (Claude 4 via Copilot) to code and ship a new autoqueue feature for Mergify in under an hour a day over three weeks.
A developer shares initial experiences and tips for using GitHub Copilot's new 'Coding Agent' mode, highlighting its productivity benefits and quirks.
A guide to securely configure GitHub Copilot coding agents with federated identity and RBAC for accessing Azure resources in dev/test environments.
A tutorial on using GitHub Copilot to automatically generate Conventional Commit messages in VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA.
A guide to the top AI-powered coding tools and extensions available for C# developers using Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
A developer's guide to building an 'AI in a Box' solution using Azure Foundry, Azure Functions, and Static Web Apps, grounded in a personal project.
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot's #changes variable and other context tricks to analyze your git diffs and improve coding workflow.
A developer uses GitHub Copilot to automate a Node.js version upgrade, reducing time spent on trivial maintenance tasks.
