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A Weekend With Github Copilot:ChatGPT 5

I’ve spent time with Claude Sonnet 4. Now it’s time to give the ChatGPT 5 model a try

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | 6 minutes Read

A Quick First Look At Visual Studio 2026

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Edition has been released. It’s the preview of the next version of Visual Studio, and there are things both nice and meh about it so far. I take a quick look, sight unseen, and give some initial impressions of what’s coming for the VS fam.

Friday, September 26, 2025 | 1 minute Read

A Weekend With Github Copilot:Chasing It's Tail...er Errors

Another weekend working with Github Copilot, but this time focusing on error resolution

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Monday, September 22, 2025 | 9 minutes Read

A Weekend With Github Copilot:Followup

A brief followup to my latest blog post about spending a weekend working with Github Copilot

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Friday, September 19, 2025 | 2 minutes Read

A Weekend With Github Copilot

I spent a weekend with Github Copilot to see what I could create just with prompts

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Monday, September 15, 2025 | 26 minutes Read

GC 2.0 + Finding a Job in This Tough Job Market w/Barret Blake MS MVP & Architect

I was a guest on Taylor Dessyn’s Guidance Counselor 2.0 podcast talking getting involved in the community and how it can help you in your job search. Thanks, Torc!

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 1 minute Read

Taking Github Copilot For A Spin

I haven’t been a huge fan of code assist tools to this point. You spend a lot of time fixing the code they generate. But I figured it was time to take it for another spin.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 1 minute Read

Power Automate - Connectors - YouTube

If you’re looking for a way to automate keeping track of your favorite YouTube channels, or a way to help automate a little of your own, the YouTube connector can provide a way to get started.

Friday, August 29, 2025 | 1 minute Read

.NET Aspire - The Template ServiceDefaults Project

Some of the .NET Aspire project templates include a ServiceDefaults project that contains some common code functionality. In this video I’ll cover what’s included and what the benefits to your project are.

Monday, August 25, 2025 | 1 minute Read

Power Automate Connectors - Google Calendar

The Google Calendar connector makes it really easy to quickly update, manage, and sync calendar items using Power Automate

Friday, August 22, 2025 | 1 minute Read

.NET Aspire Custom Dashboard Commands

.NET Aspire makes it really easy to create custom command buttons on your dashboard to set up data, call external functions, or perform any action you might need while developing and debugging, but you might not necessarily want available in your production application.

Monday, August 18, 2025 | 1 minute Read

Power Automate Connectors - Entra ID

We’ll take a look at the Entra ID connector for Power Automate and how you can use it to quickly automate several of the tedious onboarding tasks for getting new employees ready to work.

Friday, August 15, 2025 | 1 minute Read