The question of how Developer Relations (DevRel) teams create value has been answered plenty of times (though rarely through systematic research). In 2024 I looked into it properly through 13 interviews with DevRel leaders, culminating in an MBA dissertation at Warwick Business School, unearthing a couple of surprises along the way. This series works through what I found.

Chris Reddington demonstrates "Flight School," a custom Next.js application built to personalize his learning journey using the GitHub Copilot SDK. See how he leverages agentic workflows to generate daily coding challenges based on his GitHub profile, evaluate solutions against test cases, and automatically export projects to new repositories.

Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. This week we explore how to bring the power of GitHub Copilot into your apps with the GitHub Copilot SDK, building hands-on examples and discussing patterns for integrating AI-powered coding assistance directly into developer tools and workflows.

AI-powered coding practice platform built with the GitHub Copilot SDK. Personalized challenges, real-time evaluation, and learning guidance based on your GitHub profile.

Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.

A countdown app where every countdown is a URL. Create custom countdowns, timers, and world clocks for any occasion with multiple visual themes and instant URL sharing.

The question of how Developer Relations (DevRel) teams create value has been answered plenty of times (though rarely through systematic research). In 2024 I looked into it properly through 13 interviews with DevRel leaders, culminating in an MBA dissertation at Warwick Business School, unearthing a couple of surprises along the way. This series works through what I found.

Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.

I've been exploring ways to bring social engagement into my blog posts. Taking inspiration from Ashley Willis' implementation, I've integrated Bluesky comments and likes into my Hugo site using the AT Protocol's public API.

Explore how MCP elicitation transforms AI tool interactions by gathering missing information upfront.

Learn Model Context Protocol by building a turn-based game server that shows how to extend GitHub Copilot with custom tools, resources, and prompts.

Explore how I use agentic tools like GitHub Copilot agent mode and the Playwright MCP server to accelerate troubleshooting and debugging of UI issues, while revisiting the importance of clear requirements.

Join VS Code, Live! at Microsoft Build. For the first time ever, VS Code, Live! is going on stage—in person—and you’re invited! Get an inside look at what the team’s building, featuring live conversations with devs and creators. Whether you’re deep into VS Code or just curious about what’s next, this is your dev-first, code-forward pass to what’s new.

Whether you’re addressing an issue, iterating on a pull request, or bootstrapping a project, GitHub Copilot Workspace helps jumpstart your tasks by describing what you want in natural language. You remain in control as you move between tasks, specs, plans, and code. Join GitHub's Chris Reddington, senior program manager of DevRel, and Cole Bemis, research engineer on GitHub Next, for an introduction to Copilot Workspace, a Copilot-native dev environment launched in April 2024 by GitHub Next. Learn how Copilot Workspace works, how we got here, and what we've learned so far from the technical preview.

Come to this session to be the first in the world to get a deep-dive demo of the exciting Claude 3.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic built right into GitHub Copilot. Learn what this powerful new model will help you achieve and why you should use it for your development teams.

As AI continues to reshape the way businesses innovate, the conversation shifts beyond the mere integration of new technology. Chris emphasizes that adopting AI-powered software development is a significant cultural shift, requiring more than just technical tools. It demands a top-down approach, where leadership support and change management are critical to fostering a progressive culture within development teams.

Ready to explore our blueprint for AI-powered development? Join us to network with local tech leaders and learn the key to addressing tech debt, modernizing the software development lifecycle, and transforming your enterprise.

Ready to explore our blueprint for AI-powered development? Join us to network with local tech leaders and learn the key to addressing tech debt, modernizing the software development lifecycle, and transforming your enterprise.

Chris Reddington demonstrates "Flight School," a custom Next.js application built to personalize his learning journey using the GitHub Copilot SDK. See how he leverages agentic workflows to generate daily coding challenges based on his GitHub profile, evaluate solutions against test cases, and automatically export projects to new repositories.

Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. This week we explore how to bring the power of GitHub Copilot into your apps with the GitHub Copilot SDK, building hands-on examples and discussing patterns for integrating AI-powered coding assistance directly into developer tools and workflows.

Chris showcases Timestamp, an open-source countdown timer app built with vanilla TypeScript featuring an extensible theme system, world map wall clock, and 2500+ unit tests with 300+ Playwright end-to-end tests. He deep-dives into structuring GitHub Copilot custom instructions vs agents vs prompt files, demonstrates manager-specialist agent patterns, and walks through GitHub Actions automation for issue forms and theme scaffolding.

Chris builds a New Year countdown app from scratch using Vite, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, leveraging GitHub Copilot's Plan agent for iterative requirements and a custom UI Performance Specialist agent. The stream covers adding time zone support with a world map, a fireworks celebration theme using fireworks.js, and a test-driven development approach.

Chris reviews the latest GitHub changelog including CodeQL updates, GPT-5.1 Codex Max preview, GitHub MCP server tool-specific configuration, and Enterprise Server 3.19 GA. He then explores the major VS Code December release featuring Agent HQ, background agents with git worktrees, sub-agents, and custom agents for organizations, while continuing to build custom agents for a game MCP server project.

Chris continues building custom agents for the software development life cycle. After reviewing the changelog including Copilot Spaces updates and assigning issues to Copilot via API, he explores the awesome-copilot repository for agent inspiration, brainstorms SDLC agent ideas like test writers and security reviewers, and live-builds a GitHub Actions workflow agent with a companion instructions file.