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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · 4d

Need to learn GitHub Copilot? Join us for Hands-on #GitHub #Copilot from @techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social on 10/7 : 6-10 pm EDT. Go from 0 to pro in 4 hrs! Learn Copilot for code gen, test, #MCP in IDE, CLI & GitHub with hands-on labs. Signup @ www.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · 3d

Only a week till I'll be speaking at @allthingsopen.bsky.social live! Looking forward to it and hope you can join us there!
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All Things Open @allthingsopen.bsky.social · Aug 11

Brent Laster (@brentclaster.bsky.social), President & Lead Trainer for Tech Skills Transformations, joins us on stage. Don't miss "Incorporating AI Into Your SDLC: Leveraging AI tooling across the phases of your software development lifecycle"! 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/inc...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · 9d

Coming up from @techupskills.bsky.social in October: AI training in automating testing, Hands-on GitHub Copilot, building extensions for Copilot, Git Fundamentals, Understanding MCP, & creating agents & using RAG. More details in the video below & at techskillstransformations.com/training-cal...!

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Sep 7

Coming up 9/9 from @techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social, our top #GenAI course - Implementing #AI #Agents in #Python! In 4 hrs, learn what agents are, how they work, & build with #LangChain #crewai, #smolagents, #Autogen, & add in #RAG & #MCP! See: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Aug 20

Coming up 8/22 from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social - our newest #AI course to get you upskilled quickly - #GitHub Copilot Jumpstart! 3 hrs to get going w/ this popular AI coding tool incl. the basics & #agent mode! Info in video & @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Aug 17

Running an updated training this week for #GitHub #Copilot including its new #agent mode!

techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Aug 16

Need to learn GitHub Copilot? Join us for Hands-on #GitHub #Copilot from @techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social on 8/19 : noon-4 EDT. Go from 0 to proficiency in 4 hrs! Learn Copilot for code gen, test, doc in IDE & GitHub with hands-on labs. Signup @ learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Aug 12

Want to learn to create extensions for @github.com #Copilot? Join @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social for a new course on 8/15! Learn to create exts w/ agents, skillsets, & for VS Code in 3 hrs! More info in the video below & register @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join us 8/12 and 8/13 for #Git Fundamentals from @techupskills.bsky.social and @oreilly.bsky.social. In two 3-hour sessions (5-8pm EST), learn all you need to know to use Git effectively, easily, & understand how it works! More info in the video below & sign up @ learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excited to announce the release of my 4th book Learning
#GitHub #Copilot from @oreilly.bsky.social and my company
@techupskills.bsky.social! Get it now to learn about Copilot from the basics to advanced #AI use. Available now on O'Reilly and at www.amazon.com/Learning-Git...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Jul 20

Coming 7/23 from @techupskills.bsky.social and @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social , our newest AI training on #MCP. Join us to learn in 3 hrs what MCP is, how it works, & how it allows u to create more versatile, powerful and useful #AI #agents! Details in video & @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Jun 27

Coming up in July from @techupskills.bsky.social, new #AI training on #agents, #mcp, & more! Checkout new courses on AI Agents in #Python, Model Context Protocol, AI 3-in-1, & #testing with GitHub #Copilot. For more info, see our training calendar at techskillstransformations.com/training-cal...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Jun 26

Coming up on 6/30 from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social, our popular #AI #agents course! Learn what agents are, how they work, and how to create them w/ mult. frameworks in 3 hrs. Hands-on labs & practical instruction! Info and signup @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Jun 19

Coming up on 6/24 - a new workshop on using #AI in your #SDLC from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social! In 3 hrs learn how to use #AI like #GitHub #Copilot to simplify & speed up planning, dev, test, maint, doc, onboarding & more! Info at nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 29

Coming up from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social in June - new course on using #AI in all stages of the #SDLC, our AI #Agents course, and a *free* webinar on #MCP. See our training calendar at techskillstransformations.com/training-cal... or the video below for more details!

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 18

Need to learn GitHub Copilot? Join us for Hands-on #GitHub #Copilot from @techupskills.bsky.social and @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social on 5/20 - 10-2 EDT. Go from 0 to proficiency in 4 hrs! Learn Copilot for code gen, test, doc in IDE & GitHub w/ hands-on labs. @ learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 18

This one has been moved to 5/21. Everything else remains the same.

techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 12

Coming up 5/14 at 11 am EDT from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social a *new* workshop on #GitHub #Copilot #Workspace! In 3 hrs, learn to use this #agent-driven env to quickly go from concept to code through #AI automation! More details at nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · May 18

This one has been moved to 5/21. Everything else remains the same.

techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 12

Coming up 5/14 at 11 am EDT from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social a *new* workshop on #GitHub #Copilot #Workspace! In 3 hrs, learn to use this #agent-driven env to quickly go from concept to code through #AI automation! More details at nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · May 12

My newest @oreilly.bsky.social book Learning #GitHub #Copilot is moving to the copyedit stage. That means you can now read all the latest chapters on O'Reilly's platform if you have a subscription there. Check it out at learning.oreilly.com/library/view...

Learning GitHub Copilot

Harness the power of generative AI in your coding with GitHub Copilot. In this practical guide, author Brent Laster explains what Copilot is, how it works, and what it can … - Selection from Learning...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · May 5

Coming up on 5/6 at 11 am EDT from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social - #GenAI : Automating Testing with #GitHub #Copilot. 1/2 day workshop on using Copilot for creating tests, how to test in new langs & frameworks and TDD. Details @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Apr 28

Coming up in May from @techupskills.bsky.social training in all aspects of #GitHub #Copilot. Learn all about this powerful tool w/ workshops on the basics, #Testing w/ Copilot, using Copilot #Workspace & writing Copilot #Extensions getskillsnow.com/training-cal... or see the video for more details!

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Apr 28

Looking forward to doing another
@allthingsopen.bsky.social meetup on 5/6! We'll be talking about 3 #AI topics in one event - running models locally, #agents & #RAG! Will show tools and code that u can use as well. More details at meetup.com/all-things-o... ! And will be book signing too!

AI 3-in-1: Agents, RAG, and Local Models - Networking + Swag, Tue, May 6, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup

We're thrilled to be back at Fidelity Investments in Durham for our May meetup! We were last onsite in April of 2023 and it was a truly wonderful experience. The topic thi

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techupskills.bsky.social @techupskills.bsky.social · Apr 17

@techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social present an updated (evening) course on #containers, #Docker, & #Kubernetes: Containers Fundamentals on 4/22! 5 hrs & 7 hands-on labs 2 learn wht containers are, how they work, & how K8s works! Details in video & @ learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

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brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Apr 16

Coming on 4/21 from @techupskills.bsky.social & @nofluffjuststuff.bsky.social, Understanding & using #RAG - Making #LLMs smarter by pairing your data w/ #GenAI. 3 hrs to learn & use RAG, #Graph RAG, #AgenticAI RAG & more! Hands-on labs w/ #python! Info/signup @ nofluffjuststuff.com/virtual-work...

brentclaster.bsky.social @brentclaster.bsky.social · Apr 15

Join me this Friday at 1pm EDT for a *free* webinar on #GitHub #Copilot #Workspace - a task-centric, AI-powered dev env that helps you plan, implement, and iterate to go from concept to ready-to-run code quickly via natural language prompts. Sign up at nofluffjuststuff.com/webinar/137/...!