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Jesse Houwing
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Loves Charlotte and Lily & Mika. Works at Xebia. Scrum.org, Github and Microsoft Trainer
Join me at #githubuniverse! You can find me at the Xebia booth throughout the event. Don't hesitate to ping me if you want to talk about GitHub Enterprise, Actions Security or rolling out GitHub Copilot in your organization.

#xebia 💜 @github.com 🌉 Universe
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today we are witnessing the flight of ants. A few days ago Tits hunting lice. Months ago small solidary bees enjoyed the dandelions when few other flowers were available.

Our first instinct shouldn't be to destroy, but to enjoy!
June 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When searching for flying ant, the first results, including bing and google ai results are on how to extinguish. Often citing 'home remedies' and followed by poisons.

Same for dandelions. Or garden mice, wasps, hornets, clover, lice spiders.

Little on their use, beauty, importance. Change needed!
June 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Walked 2 groups through GitHub Copilot Agent features in Visual Studio Code to show what the future of coding might look like.

With that we contributed about 100 people to this World Record. And had a lot of fun while doing it.

#AISkillsFest
May 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Call for Speakers for @GitHub Universe 2025 ends tomorrow. What topic would you want to see a session on? Let me know!

Are there speakers you'd love to see there? You can nominate them too!

#github #githubuniverse #mvpbuzz
May 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Delivered my session on @github.com Copilot Agent Mode today to an eager group of watchers. Almost all live demos, all with the latest bits available.

You can register for similar sessions and take part in the official @guinnessbook.bsky.social record attempt!

register.aiskillsfest.microsoft.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Last week I had the privilege to attend the #mvpsummit on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond. A 10-year anniversary for me (12 if you count my 2 private invitations the years before).

It's always great meeting friends, sharing stories over dinner and enjoying beers with friends.
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is an easy one for me. I've been sharing knowledge and getting people unstuck!

Find me on Q&A, stack overflow, slack or my blog.

#Mvpspledgetolearn
March 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
With a bit more craziness, I've now prevented the Lenovo update tooling from upgrading that driver
March 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ha! Found it! Unpair the buds in Windows and Android.

Hard reset the buds by infinitely holding down the button on the back of the case with the buds in the case.

Re-pair the buds in Android, this will set the name.

Then Windows, this will show the new name

support.google.com/googlepixelb...
March 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Had some issues with my Lenovo z16 webcam driver. The Realtek driver that's detected automatically often fails to initialize in Teams and causes issues with Windows Hello.

Changing the driver to the generic Microsoft USB Video Device driver fixes these issues.
March 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Got a set of google pixelbuds pro from a friend, and when I pair them in windows they still show up with his initials instead of my name.

I can rename the device on Android just fine, but windows keeps his...

Anyone know how I can reset this?
March 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Last time I flew to the US I used my Garmin jetlag advisor and it was a great help preparing and adjusting to the new timezone.

Packing hiking boots to maximize my time outdoors again.

#mvpbuzz #mvpsummit
March 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It looks like a lot of hashtag #android developers aren't aware that @github.com Copilot is available for their IDE. Android Studio is "just another @jetbrains.com IDE" and you can install copilot in a few simple steps!

I've asked Copilot to tell you how ;)>
February 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Last month we set up GitHub's new billing experience, including Cost Centers for Xebia's Enterprise. As part of that we needed to assign GitHub Organizations (easy), Repositories (not needed for now) and Members to the different internal Cost Centers.
February 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
'Wing it’ with Copilot! Join our Copilot Hackathon on February 5th in Hilversum!  During this interactive experience, we’ll explain what Copilot is -and what it is not- while you test its capabilities and limitations with peers in a secure and scoped setting.

events.xebia.com/microsoft-se...
January 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Again attending in person this year. Can't wait to meet you all again in March and share a beer, steak or crab!

#mvpbuzz #mvpsummit Xebia Nederland BV
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Flying out to join the crew at GitHub Universe. can't wait to meet friends from all across the globe. I'll be there all week!

And this year is extra special for many reasons. 10 years of GitHub Universe, 10 years an MVP, we're an Ultimate Sponsor.

Come and join us to talk about anything!
October 25, 2024 at 8:35 AM
September 13, 2023 at 5:37 PM