Satya Nadella discusses Microsoft's massive AI infrastructure build-out, the transition to AI-driven business models, and the company's multi-pronged strategy for navigating competition, in-house model development, and the geopolitical landscape of AGI.
Birgitta Böckeler from Thoughtworks provides a comprehensive overview of the current AI tooling landscape for software delivery. The talk focuses on the architecture and capabilities of modern coding assistants, differentiating between the underlying model and the crucial role of tooling in providing context. It explores what works today, the promising but challenging frontiers like testing and refactoring, and offers a practical guide to the major tools in the ecosystem.
A deep dive into "Vibe Coding," a development methodology that prioritizes outcomes over code-level details, using the advanced AI features of VS Code and GitHub Copilot. The talk explores three stages of this methodology—YOLO, Structured, and Spectrum—and demonstrates how to leverage agent modes, custom instructions, reusable prompts, and the Model Copilot Protocol (MCP) to enhance productivity from rapid prototyping to enterprise-scale development.
GitHub's Christopher Harrison explains how to leverage GitHub Copilot's agent capabilities. This summary covers using Copilot as an AI pair programmer, the importance of providing context, its different workloads, and how to use the new Copilot Coding Agent with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to accelerate development responsibly.