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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.

Consolidating Systems

The topic for the May 6th, 2025 chat is consolidating systems. Organizations often have data and business logic in several different databases and applications. They would like to have everything in one place, which is a noble goal but hard to achieve.

How do you consolidate these disparate systems? How do you avoid creating an extra system and avoid the XKCD standards problem (substitute application for standards).

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

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Essential Tools You Can't Live Without

What are your favourite tools that you can’t imagine working without? This could include linters, IDE extensions, browser extensions, libraries, CLI shortcuts, or whatever else. Are these tools primarily for improving productivity, enhancing communication, or maintaining sanity? Or do you prefer more traditional methods like pen and paper?

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

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