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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jul 27

There is a terminal allow list. But there is no “tools” allow list.

Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jul 25

Had a chance to take a look at @github.com new AI coding tool - Spark.

I tried to rebuild my side project theurlist.com. Here's what happened...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzJ1...

GitHub's new AI coding tool is INSANE

YouTube video by Burke Holland

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jul 25

That's awesome! Let us know if there is anything you'd like to see us fix/improve.

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jul 8

Now @vscode.dev will generate your copilot-instructions file for you.

You will get CRAZY better results by having these instructions for the AI...

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jun 9

If you're tired of seeing this in @code, I've got some really good news for you. This is now configurable with a setting.

Settings > Chat > Agent: Max Requests

The default is 15. Bump it up and let the agent cook.

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Anthony Shaw @anthonypjshaw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Sick of having to click to launch VSCode pets? Now I have dedicated keys. Green throws the ball in a random direction. Squirrel launches the window.

Picture of my keyboard with two custom keys. One with a squirrel

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jun 3

Agent mode in @vscode.dev is _really_ good at building MCP Servers for itself. It's kinda wild. This is one area where agents can almost one-shot.

Here we create an MCP to control the lights when agent mode is done working.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUaz...

Building an MCP server to control my lights from VS Code

YouTube video by Burke Holland

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Jun 1

Copilot coming in clutch. I was 3 seconds away from setting the whole porch on fire.

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 31

Technically speaking, God is the original prompt engineer

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 30

And @anthonypjshaw.bsky.social actually did "vibe" a programming language last week at build so...

www.youtube.com/live/y4r6I2_...

Vibe Coding at Microsoft Build - Day 3

YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 30

In case it's not obvious, this is satire. There is a custom instructions file that tells the model to respond with just that word.

Also - shoutout to custom instructions!

code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/0...

Context is all you need: Better AI results with custom instructions

Announcing the general availability of custom instructions for VS Code.

code.visualstudio.com

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 30

our jobs are safe

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 29

Agent mode in @code can now Just Do Things™.

Settings > Chat > Tools : Auto Approve

No more clicking "Continue" for terminal access and MCP tool approval. We recommend using a dev container when doing this to isolate your env - just in case.

code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2025/0...

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · May 16

word is MS Build next week will be worth paying attention to

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 16

This was a tough week for a lot of folks. I know so may talented engineers, developer advocates, product builders and more who are looking for their next gig.

If you're looking for the best of the best, I know several. Please hit me up directly and I'll put you in touch.

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 1

At the end of the day, I think we're going to get different tools here - probably something that orchestrates agents over strictly a "code editor".

Will AI replace developers? No, but I think it ushers us into a new phase of tools that look nothing like what we have today.

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 1

The more the agent does, the greater the chance you're going to regret it. You want it to do the "most least" amount of work possible.

Or said another way - the most it can do before it starts going off the rails. Figuring out where that line is can be hard. You end up throwing out a lot of code.

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 1

Vibe coding smaller tools or prototypes is some of the most fun you can have today as a developer. I built an MCP server without writing any code and it works _beautifully_.

But there's no auth, it's a single file. This is not the real world. github.com/burkeholland...

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · May 1

IMO the term is going to age poorly.

That said, I do it myself and I get _very_ good results. I've built at least 5 or 6 smaller projects and I'm using it now to build something quite complex.

Here's what I've learned...

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Apr 14

Bro. I would pay GOOD money for this swag. TAKE MY MONEY!

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Apr 14

Ty, Doug! Agents are remarkably powerful, but they need all of the context. We need better tools for this, so we stop spending 30 mins with an agent only to figure out we forgot an important detail and gotta start all over.

Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you! I got that from @martin.social

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Mar 4

Gen X: Do not let them memory hole what they did to us.

youtu.be/X5jlTlUTWfQ?...

Fastball The Way (Official Video) www.fastballtheband.com

YouTube video by fastball

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Martin Woodward @martin.social · Feb 19

Are you using the new gpt40-copilot model for code completions in VS Code yet? If not, you _really_ want to go check it out. @burkeholland.bsky.social shows you how here: youtu.be/Oi_O6SZZWPc?...

New GitHub Copilot code completion model: GPT-4o Copilot

YouTube video by GitHub

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Burke Holland @burkeholland.bsky.social · Feb 19

Copilot is like, "i got this bro. you've got better things to do."