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Using AI to Enhance Developer Productivity

on YouTube 06h 22m
Talkat AI Dev Days 2025 · 2025-12-10..12-11· [ai-assisted-development]

speakers

name:Martin Woodward
website:https://martin.social
name:Olivia Guzzardo
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name:Kai Maetzel
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name:Brigit Murtagh
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name:Connor Peet
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name:Logan Ramos
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name:Tyler Leonhardt
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resources

video:https://youtu.be/GCLYC5d7kpI
slides:none on file

summary

VS Code 1.07 shows concrete results: a unified Agent HQ that runs local, background and cloud agents; background agents use isolated git work trees so concurrent changes don’t collide; the MCP registry and servers let agents call real tools, and new tasks/sampling make long‑running tool calls durable. The GitHub Copilot CLI wires the terminal into Copilot, the Copilot coding agent opens PRs and can auto‑fix tech debt, and bring‑your‑own‑key model support (Hugging Face, Cerebras) runs inside editor. Spec Kit (53k+ stars) and Visual Studio 2026’s profiler/modernizer deliver spec‑driven upgrades and measurable speedups.

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chapters (14)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 9:51Keynote: Martin Woodward, VP of Developer Relations at GitHub, will open day two with a discussion of how GitHub and Visual Studio Code are revolutionizing the developer experience.
  3. 13:36VS Code Release 1.07, Olivia Guzzardo, Kai Maetzel, Brigit Murtagh, Connor Peet, Logan Ramos – Join the VS Code team as they break down all the new big features in the latest release available right now! There will even be some special guests along the way, so you don’t want to miss it!
  4. 1:18:25Introduction to GitHub Copilot CLI, Ryan Hecht – Transform your terminal into an AI-powered development environment with GitHub Copilot CLI, which brings the same runtime that powers GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your command line.
  5. 1:31:52Scripting the Copilot CLI to Do Your Job for You, John Lindquist – Ready for a deep dive in the Copilot CLI? Go beyond the basics as John shows you advanced ways of thinking about and using the Copilot CLI to help script and automate your daily development activities
  6. 2:02:50A Unified Agent Experience in VS Code, Josh Spicer, Osvaldo Ortega Valencia – Local, background, and cloud agents all come together in a new unified experience to help you create, manage, and organize tasks. Josh and Osvaldo break down the latest features in VS Code enabling you to do more by managing a fleet of agents running on your machine or in the cloud.
  7. 2:31:34Build and Leverage Custom Agents, Harald Kirschner – Local, background, and cloud agents all come together in a new unified experience to help you create, manage, and organize tasks. Josh and Osvaldo break down the latest features in VS Code enabling you to do more by managing a fleet of agents running on your machine or in the cloud.
  8. 2:59:21Leveraging the full MCP spec to help your daily development, Tyler Leonhardt, Connor Peet – Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that lets AI models use external tools and services through a unified interface. See how you can leverage MCP servers in VS Code to provide tools for tasks like file operations, databases, or interacting with external APIs.
  9. 3:26:24Using multi-agent workflows in the design process, Elijah King – Agents in Visual Studio Code chat help you execute complex coding tasks autonomously. Leverage the new plan agent for detailed research and track progress with the built in todo list, and so much more. Elijah shows you some of the best practices in leveraging these and other agents in your developer workflow.
  10. 3:34:55Tackling tech debt with the GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent, Brittany Ellich – This talk will cover how to embrace the process of modernizing legacy software and how to leverage AI agents, like Copilot coding agent, to keep your codebase up to date.
  11. 3:52:44Visual Studio 2026 – The Intelligent Development Environment, Mads Kristensen – Visual Studio 2026 is here and is a huge lead forward for AI-driven development. Join Mads as he goes beyond the basics of code generation and shows the power of Visual Studio with advanced agents to help you debug and profile your applications with AI.
  12. 4:17:12Plan, Specify, and Implement (Spec Kit & Plan Mode), Den Delimarsky – Spec Kit is an open-source toolkit that allows you to focus on product scenarios and predictable outcomes instead of vibe coding every piece from scratch. Den shows off what it is, how to get setup, and how to get started with spec drive development with GitHub Copilot.
  13. 4:52:00How I shipped more code and products than ever before with GitHub Copilot, James Montemagno – From prototypes to production to advanced migrations, this year, like many, I have shipped more code and created more products than ever before. Thanks to Copilot across GitHub, VS Code, and Visual Studio I have streamlined and optimized my workflows to build some astonishing apps. I have learned many lessons along the way, so let’s dive into them.
  14. 5:11:39Day 2: Live Hands-On Workshop

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