About us
Welcome to Brighton's DevOps x GitHub x Gen AI Meetup
Where code meets creativity, every other month where we can learn, share, build and innovative together
Step into a fast-growing hub of engineers, tinkerers, and tech curious newcomers who are reshaping how DevOps is used in this new era of artificial intelligence, how software is built and shipped. Whether you automate releases for a living, pivoting into tech, innovating something new, wanting to share tech knowledge with the community, change in career, or just pushed your very first commit, our community has a seat for everyone (and sometimes a slice of pizza and a bit of swag), waiting for you.
What makes this meet-up special?
- Deep-dive demos & lightning labs
- Interactive Workshops to partake in
- Technical content for open source use
- Occasional events at Microsoft venues
- Thank you gifts for speakers
- New speakers are always welcome
Our Meetup also regularly include MVPs and industry leads who unpack real production wins (and the occasional spectacular failure) so you can shortcut the learning curve. Bring your laptop and your questions for impromptu code reviews, pair-programming, and mini-workshops. Boost your career with skilling up together in the fast pacing landscape being shaped by Generative AI and stay ahead of the curve.
We're tech stack agnostic and people centric focussed on DevOps practises, welcoming anyone from IT/Ops pros, Software Engineers, AI/ML enthusiasts, hobby coders, to career changers. All are welcome to mix here.
Hosted by
Marcel Lupo – Microsoft DevTech MVP
Ready to join our community
RSVP on Meetup, propose a talk, or just drop in and say "hi". Bring your curiosity and leave with new skills, fresh ideas, and a network that's rooting for your next pull request.
Have a cool talk or interested in presenting at one of our sessions? Submit your proposal to our Call for Speakers: Brighton Microsoft DevOps Meetup Sessionize:
https://sessionize.com/devopsgithubconf/
Watch Past Events: Check out our Youtube Channel for recordings of our past events and catch up on what you've missed: https://www.youtube.com/@LMDM9000/featured/
Featured event
GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Brighton
Welcome to GitHub Copilot Dev Days 2026
Join us for a community-led developer event on 29 April 2026 focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.
The DevOps & GitHub Meetup Brighton will be hosting an exciting session on how AI tooling and how it is transforming the world of DevOps. Discover the latest trends and how AI tooling integrates seamlessly with DevOps in the terminal. Whether you are a coder, software engineer, or data science enthusiast, this event is a must to stay up-to-date with the innovative technologies shaping the industry.
Network with like-minded professionals to gain insights from industry experts, and explore the endless possibilities GitHub Copilot offers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and be part of the future of DevOps and GitHub Copilot.
Event Agenda
Session 1 - 18:00pm
GitHub Copilot CLI: A DevOps Engineer's Practical Guide to AI-Powered Terminal
As DevOps engineers, we live in the terminal, deploying infrastructure, debugging production issues, managing CI/CD pipelines, and orchestrating complex workflows. What if you could have an AI assistant directly in your command line that understands your context, writes scripts, debugs issues, and even interacts with GitHub.com on your behalf? Enter GitHub Copilot CLI, a powerful AI agent that brings GitHub Copilot's intelligence to your terminal, enabling you to automate DevOps tasks faster and more efficiently than ever before.
- Level: Beginner
- Duration: 45-Min
- Speaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)
Session 2 - 18:45pm
Customize GitHub Copilot in VSCode
Join us for an insightful session where we explore the innovative ways to customize GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to boost productivity. We'll touch on the challenges of context rot and the need for specialization, and introduce you to the ecosystem of customization, including custom instructions, prompt files, custom agents, and agent skills. You will also see these customizations in action during our live demo!
- Level: Beginner
- Duration: 45-Min
- Speaker: Utkarsh Shigihalli (DevOps MVP https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlyutkarsh/)
Session 3 - 19:30pm
GitHub Copilot CLI workshop
- Level: Beginner / Intermediate
- Duration: 90-Min
- Speaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)
Master GitHub Copilot in the terminal. From custom instructions to MCP servers and custom agents in a 90-minute hands-on workshop with the Tailspin Toys project.
Workshop Overview:
- Set up your environment
- Provide context to Copilot with instruction files
- Install Copilot CLI
- Use MCP servers with Copilot CLI
- Add features with Copilot CLI
- Use agent skills for specialized tasks
- Create custom agents
- Slash Commands
- Use slash commands in Copilot CLI
Prerequisites
- VS Code or Terminal
- GitHub Copilot
- Node.js / Python
-Git installed
Upcoming events
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GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Brighton
·OnlineOnlineWelcome to GitHub Copilot Dev Days 2026
Join us for a community-led developer event on 29 April 2026 focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.The DevOps & GitHub Meetup Brighton will be hosting an exciting session on how AI tooling and how it is transforming the world of DevOps. Discover the latest trends and how AI tooling integrates seamlessly with DevOps in the terminal. Whether you are a coder, software engineer, or data science enthusiast, this event is a must to stay up-to-date with the innovative technologies shaping the industry.
Network with like-minded professionals to gain insights from industry experts, and explore the endless possibilities GitHub Copilot offers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to expand your knowledge and be part of the future of DevOps and GitHub Copilot.
Event Agenda
Session 1 - 18:00pm
GitHub Copilot CLI: A DevOps Engineer's Practical Guide to AI-Powered Terminal
As DevOps engineers, we live in the terminal, deploying infrastructure, debugging production issues, managing CI/CD pipelines, and orchestrating complex workflows. What if you could have an AI assistant directly in your command line that understands your context, writes scripts, debugs issues, and even interacts with GitHub.com on your behalf? Enter GitHub Copilot CLI, a powerful AI agent that brings GitHub Copilot's intelligence to your terminal, enabling you to automate DevOps tasks faster and more efficiently than ever before.- Level: Beginner
- Duration: 45-Min
- Speaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)
Session 2 - 18:45pm
Customize GitHub Copilot in VSCode
Join us for an insightful session where we explore the innovative ways to customize GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to boost productivity. We'll touch on the challenges of context rot and the need for specialization, and introduce you to the ecosystem of customization, including custom instructions, prompt files, custom agents, and agent skills. You will also see these customizations in action during our live demo!- Level: Beginner
- Duration: 45-Min
- Speaker: Utkarsh Shigihalli (DevOps MVP https://www.linkedin.com/in/onlyutkarsh/)
Session 3 - 19:30pm
GitHub Copilot CLI workshop- Level: Beginner / Intermediate
- Duration: 90-Min
- Speaker: Marcel Lupo (DevOps MVP - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-pwd9000/)
Master GitHub Copilot in the terminal. From custom instructions to MCP servers and custom agents in a 90-minute hands-on workshop with the Tailspin Toys project.
Workshop Overview:
- Set up your environment
- Provide context to Copilot with instruction files
- Install Copilot CLI
- Use MCP servers with Copilot CLI
- Add features with Copilot CLI
- Use agent skills for specialized tasks
- Create custom agents
- Slash Commands
- Use slash commands in Copilot CLIPrerequisites
- VS Code or Terminal
- GitHub Copilot
- Node.js / Python
-Git installed6 attendees
