Aaron Powell (@slace)
@aaron-powell.com
DevRel at GitHub/Microsoft doing .NET and GitHub Copilot. Maintainer of https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot Pronouns: he/him
My second post in the series on reviving the Tessel 2 boards for modern usage is up. This time I'm covering how I used Copilot to help with getting all the info together in one place - www.aaron-powell.com/posts/2026-0... #GitHubCopilot
Reviving the Tessel 2 - Archaeology | LINQ to Fail
Before you can fix something you have to know what it is, so I went digging through a decade of stale repos to find out what's actually running on a Tessel 2.
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I've kicked off a new series about the journey I've been taking to revive a now-defunct OSS hardware project to make use of the drawer full of dev boards - www.aaron-powell.com/posts/2026-0...
Reviving the Tessel 2 - The Boards in the Drawer | LINQ to Fail
I've got a box full of Tessel 2 boards that haven't been touched in years and I don't know if they even work anymore, so let's find out.
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Just about to kick off with @codess-aus.bsky.social to talk about GitHub Copilot app - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLST...
Automations, Agents & Backlogs: Inside the GitHub Copilot App
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor
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wow, the volume of spam accounts on here has shot up massively in the past week.
Nifty little weekend project with GitHub Copilot app - I revived a long defunct OSS hardware project (Tessel2), got the toolchain to work on Windows, then built a Canvas to work with the device while pairing with Copilot. Next to see if I can update the OpenWRT version it runs
New from me: A flood of AI-generated code has left key open-source developers known as maintainers "inundated", with many turning to AI tools to help handle the onslaught. Featuring Aussie maintainer @lucyleeow.bsky.social, Microsoft's @aaron-powell.com, GitHub's @ashleywolf.bsky.social, and more 💻
The Australians fighting AI slop in open-source code
Meet the maintainers being 'inundated' by GenAI contributions.
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I finally got to writing up how we handle tests in the Aspire Community Toolkit where we run over 1000 tests across two OSes split between 50+ projects: www.aaron-powell.com/posts/2026-0... @aspire.dev #aspire #dotnet
Distributed Test Runs in the Aspire Community Toolkit | LINQ to Fail
How we evolved from static test lists to intelligent test selection in GitHub Actions to make CI/CD faster and smarter.
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Just dropped my Microsoft Build 2026 recap video! 🎉 All the big developer announcements condensed so you don't miss a thing. 🧵
A few weeks ago, I gave a talk looking at how AI dev tools have evolved in what seems like a very short period of time. You can catch the recording from @ndcconferences.com here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKZV...
From Pair to Peer Programmer - Aaron Powell - NDC Sydney 2026
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
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I wrote a blog post about one of the more advanced automations we've got setup on Awesome Copilot to facilitate external plugins - www.aaron-powell.com/posts/2026-0...
Automating Intakes to the Awesome Copilot Marketplace | LINQ to Fail
How I built an automated intake process for external plugins in the Awesome Copilot marketplace using GitHub Issues, Actions, and a healthy dose of supply chain paranoia.
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The end of this article I think is on point: "the electric car might fundamentally change the way we do road trips. We planned, stopped and turned off the highway to charge at many small towns by-passed by highways." Build back up small towns as part of a roadtrip, not something to blow past.
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 3mo agoOur first EV holiday gave us ‘range anxiety’. But our fears were soon left in the rearview mirror | Paul Daley
Introducing Cursor Camp, a website to hang out with other cursors. Out now :) > neal.fun/cursor-camp/
Real national resilience does not come from staying hooked on imported fuel. We need to electrify the economy and transport, expand charging infrastructure, modernise the grid, and make it easier for households and businesses to cut oil dependence. www.zalisteggall.com.au/speaks_on_ur... #auspol
For some reporting I have to export from one web app and import into another. I wrote a Copilot SDK app to do it using Playwright. The site to export from just had a UX overhaul, Copilot was able to navigate it still from the prompt and did its thing. This is magic.
I fixed a bug in a web app entirely without using AI, AMA
We'll be getting the Community Toolkit up to 13.2 soon and with TypeScript AppHost support.
Aspire 💫@aspire.dev · 5mo ago🎉 Just released! Aspire 13.2 💫 is here with #TypeScript AppHost authoring, an agent-native CLI, and so much more! aka.ms/aspire13-2-b...
And now I'm looking to deploy OpenClaw into my homelab...
Messing around with @home-assistant.io, @avaloniaui.net and GitHub Copilot SDK to try and build a little desktop AI chat for HA - github.com/aaronpowell/...
GitHub - aaronpowell/home-assistant-helper: A little app that runs in the task bar and helps you play wit HA via the ha-mcp server
A little app that runs in the task bar and helps you play wit HA via the ha-mcp server - aaronpowell/home-assistant-helper
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Oooo as of the 1.0.6 release of Copilot CLI I have shipped my first contribution to it!
Over the past few weeks my wife and I have test driven the VW ID Buzz, Zeekr 7x, BYD Sealion 7 and Kia EV5 (with Hyundai Exelio and Volvo EX40 still to try), and we're still no closer to an agreement on what EV to get 😅
Slowly learning ansible as I try and do some better IaC for my homelab and boy I'm so not built for this 😅
Awesome Copilot has been growing amazingly fast but with growth comes pain, especially with contributions-as-marketing. To ensure we continue to be a source of high-quality agents, skills, etc. I've updated our policy on paid service contributions - github.com/github/aweso...
Guidance for submissions involving paid services · github awesome-copilot · Discussion #968
We're open to contributions related to paid or commercial tools. But this repo is not a marketing channel. If a submission is mainly promoting a product, driving signups, or pushing a service rathe...
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An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.
Foreign Facebook pages have been promoting One Nation. It wants them to stop
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation uncovers a raft of foreign Facebook accounts targeting Australian users. And they're just the tip of the iceberg.
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A bunch of computer surgery today and I've got a PoC boot of an old Mac Mini with Ubuntu to expand my homelab. The drive with Ubuntu doesn't actually fit in the Mac Mini, it's just a temp replacement to prove it'd work before I flash the "real" drive
Finally, after nearly 4 months, I've finally got the Aspire Community Toolkit upgrades to @xunit.net 3! github.com/CommunityToo...
xUnit v3 upgrade by aaronpowell · Pull Request #960 · CommunityToolkit/Aspire
Upgrading the tests to use xUnit v3, which is what is used by aspire now too. Close #961
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