Barbara Forbes
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https://ba4bes.com/ Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences.
So what actually counts as production in your environment? @richcampbell.bsky.social and I almost got philosophical. But this is a very valid discussion when you are talking about Azure policy. The full conversation with Richard Campbell on Run as Radio: runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1...
git tip 24: Your local branches don't exist anymore Run git branch and you will probably see branches that were deleted weeks ago. They are not haunting you. Your local repo just does not know they are gone yet. Watch the video to start cleaning up
For my birthday this year, I got something I've wanted for a while: a 3D printer. 🥳 Another great way to waste my time. 😅 I'm currently waiting for new filament, the trial stuff was gone really quickly. So while I wait: what should my next print be? Drop your idea below.
GitHub Copilot is a generalist: Good at everything, optimized for nothing. Agent files fix that: you define a persona, the tools it's allowed to touch, and even the model it runs on, all in one markdown file. Full video with everything about Agent files on YouTube now: youtu.be/bRBflrvzg8I
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Stop Manually Deleting Old Git Branches | git tip 23 This command clears out remote branches that no longer exist on the server. No more guessing which branches are actually stale. Find out more on my Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Ba4bes/shorts #git #devtools #softwareengineering
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Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences. https://ba4bes.com
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I'm excited to share that I'll be speaking at the Cloud & Datacenter Conference Germany this year! Join me in Hanau, Germany from September 30 to October 1. Get your ticket here: www.cdc-germany.de Looking forward to seeing you there!
Yesterday, I got renewed as a Microsoft MVP! Let's keep the good things going, with the git tip of the week! Made a typo in your last commit message? Don't add a new commit to fix it. Find my tip on Youtube shorts: www.youtube.com/@Ba4bes/shorts #git #gittips #softwaredevelopment #githubcopilot
Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences. https://ba4bes.com
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Git tip 21: When you set up git on your device for the first time, you configured your email address and user name. What if you need to use a different account for a specific repo? No problem! Want to learn the git basics? Find my course on LinkedIn Learning www.linkedin.com/learning/git...
Microsoft just released MAI-Code-1-Flash in GitHub Copilot, their first coding model. They claim it beats Claude Haiku. I ran a few very unscientific tests in VS Code to see how they actually compare. Find the short on YouTube:
Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences. https://ba4bes.com
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Can't remember that one long git command even though you use it all the time? Git alias lets you turn any command into a shortcut you define yourself. Want to learn the git basics? Find my course on LinkedIn Learning www.linkedin.com/learning/git...
One more event before the summer! I am very happy to be part of Agent Con Utrecht on June 25th. My session about GitHub Copilot, let's see if I can fit it into half an hour this time! Tickets are completely free. Pick up yours: globalai.community/e/l9bfp20y
A token is not a word and it's not a character. A token is the chunk of text a model processes as one unit. view my new short on Youtube: youtube.com/@ba4bes
Git Tip #19: Every time you start a new repo, you add temp.txt to .gitignore. You don't have to! Git has a global .gitignore file. Set it once, and it applies to every repo on your machine. Find out how in this video
Last week, I found myself in an unexpected round of PowerPoint karaoke at the yearly Zure event Zafari. I will not say my story had a lot of educational value, but it did give me a nice photo for my portfolio!
Last week I would have asked GitHub Copilot pretty much everything. This week I used Google. GitHub Copilot moved to usage-based billing. We suddenly have to know what AI to use for what job. #GitHubCopilot #AITools #DeveloperTools
Git Tip #18: Change the default branch name on your device Is your default branch still called master every time you run git init? You can change that so every new repo starts on main instead. Part of my ongoing Git Tips series. #git #gitconfig #devtips
Had a great time last week at @updateconference.bsky.social Krakow. It had been a while since I talked about Defender for Cloud, maybe I should do it more often. Thank you to those who attended and to the organizers for creating a very nice and streamlined event
GitHub Copilot agents can spend a lot of time on fixing the wrong problem. Most of the time the fix is not a better prompt. It is a plan. So plan before you agent. Full video on the new Github payment model: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKck...
Git Tip #17: Find out who wrote that weird line of code with git blame You find a line of code that makes no sense. git blame shows you every line in a file, who wrote it, and when. Use -L to narrow it down to a specific line range. Warning: sometimes it was you.
Last week I spoke at Infoshare in Gdańsk. A panel full of healthy AI skepticism, then a full room of GitHub Copilot enthusiasts. The contrast was the best part. Beautiful city too. Hope to be back.
Your two-line question might carry 30 to 40,000 input tokens before GitHub Copilot even sees it. Here's what actually goes into every Copilot request. The prompt you type is usually the smallest part of the bill. Want to control what goes into that context? Full video: youtu.be/rKckbwCxXO4
git tip #16: Committed to the wrong branch? Use git cherry-pick Want to understand the basics of git? My Git Essentials course is on LinkedIn Learning: www.linkedin.com/learning/git... #git #github #devops #softwareengineering #programming
Had an amazing session at InfoShare conference in Gdansk, Poland. Great crowd and GitHub Copilot behaved itself, so all was good ✨️ @github.com #Copilot
In less than two weeks, PSConfEU celebrates its 10th edition. I love that this year, for the first time since the one that could have been in 2020, the person who got us all into trouble will be there as well. jsnover.com is back! Are you joining us? psconf.eu
I pulled my GitHub Copilot stats for April. Let's just say I was not checking my models. 😅 GitHub now has a premium request analytics report. Use it to get your own stats! #GitHubCopilot #GitHub #DeveloperTools #AI
