Turning Ideas into Reality with GitHub and GitHub Copilot

🚀 GitHub Copilot Dev Days is coming to Edmonton! 🇨🇦 Following a packed and energizing event in Calgary, the GitHub Copilot Dev Days — Edmonton is landing next week—and it’s all about practical, real‑world developer workflows with AI. 📍 Where: AIDP (Artificial Intelligence Discovery Place), Enterprise Square, Edmonton 📅 When: Tuesday, March 25 | 4:30–7:30 PM 🍕 Cost: Free (pizza & drinks included!) This is a community‑driven, developer‑first meetup for anyone building in—or curious about—the GitHub ecosystem. While GitHub Copilot is a big part of the conversation, the event is tool‑agnostic and focused on hands‑on engineering patterns, live demos, lightning talks, and open discussions on modern SDLC and AI‑assisted development. If you’re an enterprise developer, platform engineer, or builder interested in how AI is reshaping day‑to‑day development, this is a great opportunity to learn, share, and connect with the local dev community. 👉 Register (free): https://luma.com/68wltbwt 🎤 Want to present? Lightning talks (5–15 mins) are welcome—just reply to the invite. #edmonton #yeg #developers #github #copilot Ve Sharma, Bill Baldasti, Chris Palmer, Brad Fontaine, Matthew Yee, Blaine Brysh, Alexa Gal, Adriano Ferraro, Paul Bakhmut, Ryan Jones, Craig Gibson, Jody Dorchester

🚀 Ever wanted GitHub Copilot to feel less like vibe coding and more like a reliable buddy? This session is a fun, hands-on run-through of agentic development: break coding work into steps, set patterns, iterate fast, and ship with confidence. 🎯 We'll do these together: - The agentic dev mindset (plan → build → verify → improve) - Tips + insights on the latest features: models, CLI, MCP, skills, instruction and customisation - Hands-on lightning labs: build something real, and leave with a working result 📌 You still have time to sign up and participate in an enjoyable experience, leaving you inspired with fresh ideas and better prompts! https://lnkd.in/gRUbMC8n #GitHubCopilotDevDays #GitHubCopilot #AIDevelopment #DeveloperCommunity #VSCode #Codex #Claude #AzureSydneyUserGroup

I went back 20 years in time to build the future. One day of training with GitHub Copilot took me right back to my coding roots from two decades ago. It’s incredible how much the landscape has shifted. Today, you don’t need to be a master of a specific syntax or framework. If your core logic is intact and you know the "why" behind your app, tools like GitHub Copilot and Lovable (vibe coding) turn ideas into reality in record time. I’ve even seen a procurement VP build intelligent software with AI agents—proving that age and background are no longer barriers to innovation. For years, I had an idea that stayed on the shelf because finding the time and resources felt impossible. Over the last month, spending just 2 hours a day with my "AI pair programmer," I finally brought it to life. Introducing: www.kitaabey.com — A Peer-to-Peer Book Exchange Community. My personal give back to the community. In an era where we often don’t know our neighbors, we have no idea what treasures are sitting on their bookshelves. Instead of these books ending up with a scrap dealer, Kitaabey gives them a second life. Why use Kitaabey? Sustainability First: Every exchanged book saves trees, thousands of liters of water, and reduces the carbon footprint of printing and transport. Privacy-Centric: No financial details required. You only need a working email to get started. AI-Enhanced: Built using Gemini AI capabilities to automate tedious tasks and simplify the user experience. Fully Responsive: Works seamlessly across Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile. Zero Cost: A platform for the community, by the community, without spending a penny. If you believe in the power of stories and the importance of sustainability, I’d love for you to explore what we’ve built. Check out how it works here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ggwptdgb Ready to list your first book? Log in and join the community at: 🌐 www.kitaabey.com #VibeCoding #GitHubCopilot #AI #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #BookLovers #BuildingInPublic #Kitaabey

I built IdeaCred — a platform that scores developers on what they actually build. GitHub stars and follower counts don't tell you much. Someone can fork a trending repo and look impressive. Meanwhile, solo builders shipping real projects get no recognition. IdeaCred fixes that. Submit your GitHub repo, and it gets evaluated across four dimensions: Innovation — Is this genuinely novel, or another todo app? Craft — Code quality, tests, CI/CD, documentation Traction — Real-world adoption (stars, forks) Scope — Complexity and depth of implementation The scoring is fully transparent — you can see exactly what signals contributed to each dimension. No black boxes. How it works under the hood: Two-layer AI evaluation: cloud LLM analyzes the README + concept, LLM reads the actual source code GitHub API for objective metrics Automated discovery crawls GitHub, Reddit, Dev.to, and Hacker News for new projects Embeddable score badges for your repos and profile It's live now with 50+ projects scored and growing daily. Check your score: https://ideacred.com #opensource #developers #AI #github #buildinpublic

🚀 GitHub Copilot is no longer just autocomplete — it’s evolving into a full AI development ecosystem. What started as an AI pair programmer is now expanding across IDE, GitHub, Terminal, and CI/CD, helping developers plan, generate, test, review, and ship code faster than ever. In this article, I explore: 🔹 Copilot Workspace Commands and AI-native development 🔹 How Copilot operates across every surface where developers work 🔹 Why the future of coding is shifting from writing code to directing software creation 📖 Part 1 of my GitHub Copilot series: https://lnkd.in/d32hYykQ More deep dives coming next on: ➡️ Copilot in IDEs ➡️ Copilot in GitHub workflows ➡️ Copilot in the terminal and CI/CD pipelines If you're building software in 2026, understanding this shift isn’t optional — it’s a competitive advantage. #GitHubCopilot #AIinDev #DeveloperProductivity #AICoding #SoftwareArchitecture #DevTools #AITransformation

🚀 DevFlow is evolving — and this update is a big one. When I started building DevFlow, the goal was simple: Make developer consistency visible and rewarding. Now, it’s getting closer to that vision. ⚔️ A structured rank system (E → S tiers) 📊 XP progression based on real work 🔗 GitHub integration — your commits now count 📈 NEW: Contribution graph + weekly, monthly, yearly time tracking You can now see your effort — not just feel it. Still in beta, still improving every day. But the system is starting to take shape. If you're someone who values consistency over shortcuts, this is for you. 🌐 Try it: https://lnkd.in/dr9nx6Uf BuildInPublic #DevFlow #Developers #Productivity #GitHub #StartupJourney

The high cost of developing in the dark. 🌑 For the last few months, I’ve been heads-down building my homeschool admin app, HomeschoolReady. I’m the sole developer, managing the database in Supabase, pushing changes through GitHub, and deploying via Vercel. But I recently hit a wall that no amount of clean code could fix: I missed the mark on the User Journey. In the rush to reach MVP (Minimum Viable Product), I stopped doing the one thing a strategist should never stop doing—listening. I was building a flow that made sense to me as a builder, but during a recent walkthrough with my advisors, I realized it didn't solve the friction for the parent. The lesson learned the hard way: 🛠️ Technical Skill != Product Logic: I’ve learned to manage a modern tech stack, but being a developer is about more than syntax. It’s about understanding the why before the how. Because I skipped the disciplined planning sessions, I fell into the trap of scope creep and over-design. 🔄 The Pivot is a Power Move: It was frustrating to realize I needed to rework major parts of the flow. But as an operations leader, I know that pushing a deadline just to meet it is a recipe for a failed launch. I’d rather pivot now and get it right than ship a product that feels like a chore for a parent to use. 🧠 Discipline > Speed: If I had been more disciplined in mapping the user journey from Day 1, I could have avoided the rework. I fell into a common builder trap: I got so focused on the technical how that I lost sight of the user’s why. It was a reminder that code is only as good as the journey it facilitates. This was my best masterclass in zero-to-one product development. The Bottom Line: Whether you're building an internal AI tool at a global company or a passion project at your kitchen table, you cannot build in a vacuum. Simplicity and intuition are the hardest features to build, and they only happen when you step out of the code and back into the user’s shoes. 💡 We’re still pushing for Beta, but we’re doing it with a map this time. 🚀 #BuildInPublic #UserExperience #ProductManagement #Vercel #Supabase #GitHub #OperationsLeader #HomeschoolReady

🚀 Attended *Microsoft GitHub Copilot Dev Day* at St. Joseph’s Group of Institutions! It was an incredibly insightful experience exploring how AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot is transforming the way developers build software. From boosting productivity to writing smarter code, the sessions gave a clear understanding of how AI can assist in real-world development. Key takeaways: ✨ Faster coding with AI assistance ✨ Better code suggestions & debugging ✨ Real-world use cases of AI in development Grateful for the opportunity to learn and connect with like-minded developers. Looking forward to applying these concepts in my projects! #GitHubCopilot #Microsoft #AI #Developers #Learning #Innovation #StJosephs #TechEvents

Hosting GitHub Copilot Dev Days Toronto event today with Dave Lloyd at the Centrilogic office. This hands-on, in-person session is all about applying AI-assisted coding techniques to real-world development using #GitHubCopilot. It’s shaping up to be an awesome learning experience!

🚀 GitHub Copilot is a Game-Changer for Developers I’ve been using GitHub Copilot lately, and honestly — it’s amazing. It can boost productivity by almost 60–80%, making development faster and smoother than ever. But here’s the reality 👇 Copilot is powerful, not magical. It can write code, suggest logic, and save hours — but if you blindly trust it without understanding what it generates, it can quickly turn into a nightmare. ⚠️ Key learning: Use Copilot as a partner, not a replacement. ✔️ Understand the code ✔️ Review every suggestion ✔️ Learn while you build If you use it wisely, it will make your life significantly easier and elevate your productivity to the next level. If you don’t — debugging AI-generated code you don’t understand can become frustrating very fast. For me, it’s been a great experience so far, and I’m absolutely loving it ❤️ #GitHubCopilot #AI #DeveloperTools #Productivity #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #Tech #Learning #Developers