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Play with GitHub Copilot Agent in VS Code

GitHub Copilot Agent in VS Code

In today's (2025-05-27) post, we will play with the GitHub Copilot Agent in Visual Studio Code. The agent is different than Copilot Chat as the agent will run commands on your machine, including compiling the project, adding files/directories, and directly editing files.

Will it do what we expect? Let's find out!

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

P.S. - The image for this post was created using Claude 4. I can't create png/jpg, at least not on the free account I'm using, but could create SVG.

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Innovation vs. Structure - When Culture Kills Creativity

Does a playful company culture breed innovation while corporate structure stifles it?

Let's examine:

  • BlackBerry: From Fregin's creative "movie nights" to corporate rigidity... and ultimate failure
  • Twitter→X: From user-driven experimentation to Musk's centralized control
  • Apple: Jobs' chaotic creativity vs. Cook's operational excellence

Questions to ponder:

  • Can companies maintain creativity at scale?
  • Is the innovation/structure tradeoff inevitable?
  • What's your experience in different dev cultures?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

BlackBerry phone on stand-by

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Does Software Development Change the Way You Think?

As a developer, have you noticed that you approach life differently than "normal" people? After all those years of training and career, do you think differently than how you used to?

In other words, do you approach non-coding problems like code?

Some examples:

  • Breaking problems into parts, like modular code: e.g. you plan a trip by organising flights and hotels like modules.
  • Spotting reusable patterns: e.g. you standardise meeting agendas using templates.
  • Debugging: e.g. you troubleshoot a friend's wifi by methodically working from the edge to the ISP.

Are these shifts unique to coding? Do they make life better or just annoy those around you?

Everyone and anyone are welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

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