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Live Coding - Oh My Posh - Visual Configurator! Hello 2026! Let's Go!

January 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I hope everyone has a safe & happy new year! Let's kick off 2026 with some live coding! It has been a while, but let's boot up #vscode and #githubcopilot and work on our Oh My Posh Visual Configurator 5000!

January 1st at 8AM Pacific!

youtube.com/live/8aTrgcA...

Introducing Oh My Posh Visual Configurator: Finally, a Drag-and-Drop Terminal Theme Builder! ✨

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December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I love Oh My Posh, but I am terrible at configuring anything without a UI... So I built one! Introducing the Visual Configurator for Oh My Posh. Officially endorsed and approved by Jan!

montemagno.com/introducing-...

#vscode #githubcopilot

A web-based drag-and-drop builder for oh-my-posh that makes creating beautiful terminal prompts actually fun!

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December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

The GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent has COMPLETELY changed how I work. If you haven't tried it I have a full beginner's guide.

But I didn't stop there as I put Sonnet 4.5, Opus 4.5, and Codex-4.1-Max against each other in a vibe off!

youtu.be/R9KSJ0Vfy8I

#vscode

Cloud Coding Agents Change EVERYTHING: A Beginner's Guide

Dont' Sleep on GPT-5.2, It's a coding BEAST!

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December 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

GPT-5.2 landed and I decided to put it through it's paces with GitHub Copilot and @vscode.dev . It generated some stunning code and beautiful designs! I AM IMPRESSED!

Let's go! www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_6g...

#vscode #microsoftai #microsoftlife #MicrosoftEmployeeCreator

AI Dev Days | Microsoft Reactor

December 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Get ready for an end of year AI wrap-up with our FREE 2 Day Virtual AI Dev Days event! Packed full of #MicrosoftFoundry, #VSCode, #VisualStudio, #GitHubCopilot, and so much more!

Oh & did I mention, I am one of the hosts and doing a session!

Register: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...

Attend Reactor Event Series for on-going opportunities to learn, connect, and build. Expand your skillset.

developer.microsoft.com

December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Had the honor of sitting down with @pierceboggan.bsky.social to talk about his 5 minutes of keynote glory at GitHub Universe showing of the latest feature of @vscode.dev ... some how we talked for 45 minutes!

www.vscodepodcast.com/13

#vscode #githubcopilot

Beyond the Keynote: VS Code at GitHub Universe 2025

What does it look like for VS Code to be an AI-native editor? How is it evolving with agents running locally in the editor, in a CLI, in the cloud, or even from other companies? Pierce breaks down eve...

Local, Cloud, CLI, and OpenAI Codex Agents Together in VS Code - Agent Sessions Explained

November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Reposted by James Montemagno

Mapsui

@mapsui.bsky.social

There we go! Mapsui 5.0.0 was released 🚀🚀🚀

github.com/Mapsui/Mapsu...

Mapsui is a map components that supports all main .NET UI Frameworks, like MAUI, Avalonia, Uno.

Please retweet 🙏

@avaloniaui.net @platform.uno @jfversluis.dev @vincenth.net @james.montemagno.com @stevebilogan.dev

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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Love this breakdown of the latest @vscode.dev features from #GitHubUniverse from @burkeholland.bsky.social code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/1...

I made a quick video on my favorite features of Agent Sessions & Codex Integration:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fv6...

#vscode #openaicodex

Behind the Scenes of VS Code’s Planning Agent

November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Got to sit down with Bhavya U, one of the engineers behind the new Planning Agent in @vscode.dev! Absolutely lovely discussion of it's evolution from Todo lists and how to use them together.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GZ...

#vscode #githubcopilot

YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

🔴 Let it Cook - Spec-Driven Game Dev with Den

November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Going live with Den again this morning following up on #githubuniverse live coding on his 2D platformer and Spec Kit! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HEw...

#vscode #githubcopilot #speckit

YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

Vibe Coding & Deploying a Production Vite + React App in 20 Minutes

October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I sat down recently with @vscode.dev and #GitHubCopilot and decided to vibe out a brand new website from scratch, I recorded the whole thing, my thinking process, how I work, and made a video out of it. NO EDITS!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_7u...

#vscode

Complete Beginner's Guide to Vibe Coding an App in 5 Minutes - Microsoft for Developers

October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

The vibes are still alive! Last week I sat down with @praeclarum.bsky.social to vibe out a new dashboard for Merge Conflict inside @vscode.dev with Sonnet 4.5 and wrote a blog on how I did it, what prompts, the flow, and more:

developer.microsoft.com/blog/complet...

#vscode #githubcopilot

How I built a full-featured podcast analytics dashboard with GitHub Copilot without writing a single line of code myself.

developer.microsoft.com

October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

The latest release of @vscode.dev is here and I break down my favorite new AI features you have to try today!

youtu.be/EGZKvuB5jWw

#vscode #githubcopilot

The Latest AI Features in VS Code

YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

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October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM

Reposted by James Montemagno

Visual Studio Code

@vscode.dev

🚀 The VS Code September release (v1.105) is here! Check out what's new:

🛠️ GitHub MCP registry integration
🔀 Resolve merge conflicts with AI
🔔 OS notifications for tasks & chat responses
🧠 Chain of thought with GPT-5-Codex

…and more: aka.ms/VSCodeRelease

🧵 Here are the highlights...

October 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

Had the amazing opportunity to sit down with @tolin.ski for the @vscode.dev podcast on how AI has changes and is going to change how folks learn to code and some great tips on using these new tools.

🎙️: www.vscodepodcast.com/8
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7YL...

#vscode #githubcopilot

Impact of AI on How We Learn to Code with Scott Tolinski

James sits down with Scott Tolinski, of Syntax podcast, to talk about how developer education has changed over the years since he started creating tutorials, how AI is impacting how we learn to code a...

Hello Claude Sonnet 4.5! This things is a BEAST!

October 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

You may have heard my voice in the Claude Sonnet 4.5 launch video on GitHub! I wanted to do an extended version on how I built out the full demo app and my thoughts as I was working with the new model in @vscode.dev .

youtu.be/q2L23naucis

#vscode #githubcopilot

The Origins & Evolution of the GitHub MCP Registry

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September 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I got to sit down with Toby Padilla on this weeks @vscode.dev insiders podcast and talk about the origins and evolution of the MCP registry and the new GitHub MCP Register.

Listen - www.vscodepodcast.com/7
Watch - www.youtube.com/watch?v=rafl...

#vscode #mcp #githubcopilot

Toby sits down to talk about MCP, model context protocol, why it is important, how the steering commit across companies helps form the open standard, and how the MCP registry standard came to be and h...

.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.

September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Reposted by James Montemagno

Richard Campbell

@richcampbell.bsky.social

How has AI changed coding with Visual Studio Code?

@James.Montemagno.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1969 about his experiences using various LLM models available today in VS Code!

.NET Rocks!

www.dotnetrocks.com

September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

#GitHubCopilot CLI is GO! I have been using it the last few weeks and loving it!

Check it out: github.blog/changelog/20...

#github #githubcopilotcli

September 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I had the opportunity to sit down with Carl and Richard on .NET Rocks! and talk about what is new with #GitHubCopilot, @vscode.dev , coding agents, and more!

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#dotnet

https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1969

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September 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

5 ways I use coding agents every day to boost productivity, implement features faster, fix bugs while I sleep, and get way more done.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWPt...

#vscode #githubcopilot #codingagents

5 Ways I Use Coding Agents Every Day to Boost Productivity

The Future of Coding Agents in VS Code

September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM

James Montemagno

@james.montemagno.com

I got to sit down with Josh & Brigit from the @vscode.dev team this week to talk about the future of coding agents inside of #VSCode! Give it a listen:

www.vscodepodcast.com/6

Brigit and Josh join the podcast to talk about the latest enhancements to coding agents, aka background tasks, aka background agents in VS Code. They break down why you would use them, how to use them...