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Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>MSSQL Extension for VS Code: Agent Mode Updates, Colored Connections &amp; Schema Designer updates | by Carlos Robles.</p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresqlblog/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-agent-mode-updates-colored-connections-and-schema-de/4435320" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/azuresqlblog/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-agent-mode-updates-colored-connections-and-schema-de/4435320</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mssql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mssql</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sqlserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sqlserver</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/azuresql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>azuresql</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/agentmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agentmode</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Debugging UI with AI: GitHub Copilot agent mode meets MCP servers.</p><p><a href="https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/debugging-ui-with-ai-github-copilot-agent-mode-meets-mcp-servers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-c</span><span class="invisible">opilot/debugging-ui-with-ai-github-copilot-agent-mode-meets-mcp-servers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/playwright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>playwright</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcp</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelcontextprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelcontextprotocol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uiautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uiautomation</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Ask Mode vs Agent Mode – Choosing the Right Copilot Experience for .NET.</p><p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/?hide_banner=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/</span><span class="invisible">ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/?hide_banner=true</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/visualstudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualstudio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/agentmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agentmode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Command GitHub's Coding Agent from VS Code | by Burke Holland.</p><p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/07/17/copilot-coding-agent" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">code.visualstudio.com/blogs/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/17/copilot-coding-agent</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/aiagents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiagents</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>10 Microsoft MCP Servers to Accelerate Your Development Workflow | by Jon Galloway.</p><p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/10-microsoft-mcp-servers-to-accelerate-your-development-workflow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/10</span><span class="invisible">-microsoft-mcp-servers-to-accelerate-your-development-workflow</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcp</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelcontextprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelcontextprotocol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mslearn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mslearn</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14.9 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn.</p><p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes?tabs=allfeatures#17.14.9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visu</span><span class="invisible">alstudio/releases/2022/release-notes?tabs=allfeatures#17.14.9</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vs2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vs2022</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/visualstudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualstudio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cpp</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/xaml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xaml</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Code review in the age of AI: Why developers will always own the merge button.</p><p><a href="https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/generative-ai/code-review-in-the-age-of-ai-why-developers-will-always-own-the-merge-button/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.blog/ai-and-ml/generati</span><span class="invisible">ve-ai/code-review-in-the-age-of-ai-why-developers-will-always-own-the-merge-button/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/codereviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>codereviews</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Using Instruction Files with VS Code Agent Mode and the Uno Platform | by Nick Randolph.</p><p><a href="https://nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/using-instruction-files-with-vs-code/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nicksnettravels.builttoroam.co</span><span class="invisible">m/using-instruction-files-with-vs-code/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/unoplatform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unoplatform</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/xaml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xaml</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/csharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>csharp</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Customize AI responses from GitHub Copilot | by Matt Soucoup.</p><p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/customize-ai-responses-from-github-copilot/?hide_banner=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/</span><span class="invisible">customize-ai-responses-from-github-copilot/?hide_banner=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/visualstudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visualstudio</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>Visual Studio Code June 2025 release (version 1.102).</p><p><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_102" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">code.visualstudio.com/updates/</span><span class="invisible">v1_102</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vscode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a></p>
C++ Wage Slave<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@feoh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>feoh</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilde.zone/@dashdsrdash" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dashdsrdash</span></a></span> </p><p>I tried <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GitHubCopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHubCopilot</span></a> for a couple of weeks at my employer's request. The screen of my IDE was certainly more active, with GHCP continually making suggestions and me typing over them. Measured just in characters per second, I was probably more productive. But the LLM was more of a distraction than a help; I spent more time on evaluating (and usually discarding) its suggestions than I did on higher-level tasks like considering how the structure of the code should change and how I could maximise performance.</p><p>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> never came up with an original idea. It never showed me a better way of doing something than I could have produced without its help. Most of its suggestions were substandard.</p><p>A developer is not a typist. A system that optimises typing works too hard at the wrong part of the job.</p><p>The one thing that would have been useful for, it simply refused to do. I wanted it to scour a set of unfamiliar, undocumented classes¹ and all their callers and tell me how to use them. It simply wouldn't do it. </p><p>¹ There's always an excuse, isn't there?</p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>GitHub Copilot Vibe Coding Workshop - Free resources to build a social media website with GitHub Copilot.</p><p><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/github-copilot-vibe-coding-workshop/4430440" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcommunity.microsoft.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/azuredevcommunityblog/github-copilot-vibe-coding-workshop/4430440</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vibecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vibecoding</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/react" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>react</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blazor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blazor</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotnet</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/springboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springboot</span></a></p>
Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️<p>MCP, Microsoft Graph, and Copilot connectors in GitHub Copilot agent mode | by Brian T. Jackett.</p><p><a href="https://briantjackett.com/2025/07/08/mcp-microsoft-graph-and-copilot-connectors-in-github-copilot-agent-mode/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">briantjackett.com/2025/07/08/m</span><span class="invisible">cp-microsoft-graph-and-copilot-connectors-in-github-copilot-agent-mode/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/msgraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msgraph</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/githubcopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>githubcopilot</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mcp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mcp</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/agentmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agentmode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/modelcontextprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modelcontextprotocol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/m365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>m365</span></a></p>
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@mathew

The problem I found with #GitHubCopilot wasn't its ability to write C++. Not all, but most of the code it suggested would have compiled.¹

No, the problem was that it never knew what I was trying to achieve. If I write a line that looks similar to one elsewhere in the same project, I don't want an #LLM to suggest a copy of the line that came next last time I did this. If two lines are the same then they should be factored out into a method or a class. Don't! Repeat! Yourself! And, if no refactoring is warranted then it means that suggesting a repeat of the same thing I did last time is wrong and is a time-wasting, attention-sapping distraction.

So the LLM almost always ended up encouraging me either to duplicate code (bad) or to accept the wrong code (worse).

¹ It occasionally miscounted parentheses, hallucinated methods, or got argument lists wrong.

@davidgerard