How I shipped more code and products than ever before with GitHub Copilot

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. Join the conversation on the Microsoft Foundry Discord: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Discord Sign up for an Azure Free Trial: https://aka.ms/AzureFreeTrialYT Get hands-on with today's VS Code lab repo: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/LabDay2 Catch up on-demand: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/OnDemand Continue learning next week with AI Apps & Agents' global sessions: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Next Register for the January AI Dev Days Hackathon: https://aka.ms/AIDevDays/Hackathon Chapters: 00:00 - Intro: How I Shipped More Code Than Ever 00:38 - Vibe Coding: Building Apps with Flow and Copilot 01:08 - Apps I Built This Year: From Blazor to SwiftUI 01:41 - Real Examples: Scorekeeper, Bingo, and Podcast Tools 02:33 - Pod Stats and Trim Tally: Creative Projects with AI 03:35 - Feedback Flow: The Big Project and Why It Matters 04:01 - The Problem: Gathering Feedback Across Platforms 05:05 - Copilot as a Command Center for Developers 05:38 - Demo: Feedback Flow in Action 07:16 - Architecture Deep Dive: Blazor, MCP, Azure Functions 08:23 - How I Built It: From Idea to Prototype in Two Days 09:52 - Agent Mode: Accelerating Development with AI 11:01 - Improving Prompts and Personalizing Workflow 11:41 - Copilot Instructions and Customization Tips 12:40 - Using Prompt Files, Custom Agents, and MCP Servers 14:07 - Picking the Right Models for Different Tasks 15:05 - Copilot CLI and Cloud Agent for Background Tasks 16:00 - Assigning Tasks from GitHub Mobile and VS Code 16:33 - Specs vs Vibes: When to Use SpecKit for Planning 16:46 - Summary: Save Time, Ship Faster with Copilot Everywhere