Stop Burning Premium Requests: How to Choose the Right GitHub Copilot Model for the Job
There’s a moment every developer knows. You ask an AI coding assistant a simple question like: “Rename this variable and update the related tests.” Then…
CI / CD
Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) are software development practices aimed at improving code quality and accelerating the release cycle. Continuous Integration involves the frequent merging of code changes into a shared repository, where automated builds and tests are run to detect and address issues early. This practice helps ensure that the codebase remains stable and reduces integration problems. Continuous Delivery extends CI by automating the deployment process, enabling code changes to be released to production environments quickly and safely. With CD, applications are always in a deployable state, and deployments can be performed on-demand, reducing the time and effort required to release new features or fixes. Together, CI/CD enhances collaboration, increases productivity, and allows for faster, more reliable delivery of software updates.
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Run Gemma 4 Locally with GitHub Copilot and VS Code
Local AI development is getting really interesting. For a long time, using AI coding assistants meant relying almost entirely on cloud-hosted models. You installed an…
Stop Wasting Hours Writing Unit Tests: Use GitHub Copilot to Explode Code Coverage Fast
Most development teams say they want better test coverage. Fewer teams say out loud why they do not have it: writing unit tests is slow,…
Unlock GitHub Copilot’s Full Potential: Why Every Repo Needs an AGENTS.md File
Supercharge Your AI Pair Programming Experience with Project-Specific Context and Control AI-assisted development has rapidly transformed how engineers write code, collaborate, and ship software. GitHub…
Securing Terraform State in Azure Blob Storage using Best Practices
When your team loses control of its Terraform state file, it loses control of everything in the subscription. An unencrypted or publicly exposed .tfstate isn’t…
GitHub vs Azure DevOps: Is GitHub Ready for Enterprise-Grade Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) Management?
In recent years, GitHub has emerged from its developer-centric roots to become a serious contender for managing the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) in enterprise…
Configure Azure Developer CLI (azd) for HashiCorp Terraform Infrastructure Deployment
The Azure Developer CLI (azd) is a powerful tool for accelerating application deployment to Microsoft Azure. While azd defaults to Azure Bicep for Infrastructure as…
Retirement of AzureEdge.net DNS: Edg.io Business Closure and What You Need to Know
Microsoft has announced the retirement of Azure CDN services from the azureedge.net domain by January 15, 2025, driven by Edgio’s (formerly Limelight Networks) business closure.…
Configuring GitHub Actions to Run Jobs on Specific Branches
Running jobs on specific branches with GitHub Actions is a common scenario implemented by DevOps and SRE professionals. This allows you to control which branches…
GitHub Actions: Get Current Branch Name for Git Repo
How to get the current branch name in GitHub Actions can be useful for workflows that trigger off of multiple branches of a GitHub repository.…
GitHub Actions: Download File and Commit to Repository
A few times I’ve found the need to setup a GitHub Actions workflow that downloads a file and commits that file back to the repository.…
GitHub Certifications – Prove Your Expertise
Keeping up with GitHub requires lots of skill mastery. GitHub is a platform used by over 100 million developers worldwide and offers a suite of…
Configure Scheduled Trigger in GitHub Actions using Cron expression
There are many times when scheduled triggers are very useful when configuring GitHub Actions workflows. Luckily, GitHub Actions supports the ability to configure scheduled triggers…
GitHub Copilot Chat – AI Coding Assistant Anywhere in the GitHub Mobile App
GitHub Copilot Chat is a chat interface that let’s you interact directly with GitHub Copilot from within the GitHub Mobile app. It empowers developers to…
Use Azure DevOps Pipelines as a Serverless Compute Engine
At first this sounds crazy, but Azure DevOps Pipelines are actually a Serverless compute engine. When you compare it to other Azure cloud services, it’s…
Enhancing Software Integrity with Artifact Attestations in GitHub Actions
Ensuring the integrity and security of software artifacts is extremely important. With the proliferation of supply chain attacks and the increasing complexity of software development…
GitHub Actions: Commit and Push Changes Back to Repository
GitHub Actions are great at enabling you to automate workflows directly from within a GitHub repository. The workflows are stored in a YAML definition file…
Terraform: Modules using Git Branch as Source
HashiCorp Terraform empowers DevOps Engineers and SREs to manage cloud resources efficiently. One of its standout features is the Terraform Modules support, allowing users to…
Should .terraform.lock.hcl file be added to .gitignore or committed to Git repo?
When working with Terraform, one common question that arises is whether to include the .terraform.lock.hcl file in the Git repository or leave it out by…
Git: Merge Repositories with History
Merging two Git repositories together in not a common task. In my own consulting work, this is a task that does come up every so…