Live, Love, Bike, and Code.
Live, Love, Bike, and Code.
AI agents can create pull requests faster than ever. My cross-platform build matrix noticed. Here is how we followed the data, tested the optimizations, and separated real wins from optimistic estimates.
James Montemagno
Ghost served me well for nine years, but I wanted my blog to be plain Markdown in a git repo. Here's how GitHub Copilot CLI helped me get the initial migration working in an afternoon, then polish and verify the site for launch.
James Montemagno
Hey friends! I'm super excited to share a new tool I've been working on that solves a problem I bet many of you have faced: how do you quickly compare two PDF documents to see what changed? Enter PDF Diff! Landing page for PDF Diff allowing you to upload 2 PDFs to compare Why I Built This Look, we've all been there. You get two versions of a contract, a proposal, or a license agreement, and you need to figure out …
James Montemagno
A web-based drag-and-drop builder for oh-my-posh that makes creating beautiful terminal prompts actually fun!
James Montemagno
In 30 minutes with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, and Claude Opus 4.5 I built my ultimate FIRE calculator app that is private, secure, and free!
James Montemagno
Custom agents are here to customize and optimize how coding agents work on your code, here is my experiment with the WinForms agent.
James Montemagno
Coding agents are different from in-editor chat and agent modes for AI assisted programming. They run asynchronously—often in the cloud—tackling tasks while you focus locally. I rely heavily on the GitHub Copilot coding agent and its VS Code integration to spin up multiple parallel workflows. Below are five everyday patterns I use to offload work, speed up development, and keep my repos in top shape.
James Montemagno
When I'm recording demos or making videos I often need to reproduce long prompts or blocks of text on-screen. Manually retyping them every time is slow and error-prone, and pasting from the clipboard can feel jerky and reveal private content. I wanted a tiny, reliable app that would let me press a global hotkey and have the application type a predefined, human-like block of text into whatever app currently has focus …
James Montemagno
James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005, working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Live, Love, Bike, and Code.
