Advanced GitHub Copilot: Real World Tips & Tricks with Lee Richardson

IN PERSON & ONLINE

GitHub Copilot has exploded in sophistication over the last few years, and chances are extremely good you aren't using it to its full potential. In this talk, Lee will go over tips and tricks you may not know including how to get better completions, use commands effectively, and effectively use partially and autonomous workflows. He’ll cover when to choose different models, how grounding and safety affect results, and how prompts, custom instructions, and chat modes shape Copilot’s behavior. You’ll walk away with practical techniques for guiding AI, speeding up real-world development, and avoiding the common pitfalls developers run into when they rely on Copilot without fully understanding how to direct it.