Damian Brady: GitHub Copilot - Episode 306

Damian Brady is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub. He's a developer, speaker, and author specializing in DevOps, MLOps, developer process, and software architecture. Formerly a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft for four years, and before that, a dev at Octopus Deploy and a Microsoft MVP, he has a 25-year background in software development and consulting in a broad range of industries. In Australia, he co-organized the Brisbane .Net User Group and launched the annual DDD Brisbane conference.

 

Topics of Discussion:

[3:45] When Damian realized he was interested in the things surrounding software development.

[6:40] GitHub Copilot and AI tools to improve developer workflows.

[8:50] What can people love GitHub Copilot for today?

[16:06] How GitHub Copilot can assist developers without replacing them.

[21:11] AI-powered code generation and bug detection.

[25:15] Improving AI's ability to complete tasks by providing context and grounding it in truth.

[29:23] How the process of adding a new field works.

[34:03] Using Copilot to improve code development workflows.

[42:03] The "ship to learn" idea.

 

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Ep 258 with Damian Brady

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Damian on Twitter

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CoPilot for CLI

Copilot Voice

 

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