The Ambient AI Developer
GitHub Copilot has transformed my day from a sequence of tools and tasks into a continuous, ambient flow of building. Copilot in VS Code shapes my ideas into code before I lose momentum; Copilot Chat becomes the thinking partner that helps me reason through architecture and tradeoffs; the Copilot CLI turns the terminal into a natural‑language engine for everything from scripts to migrations; and Copilot across GitHub — in pull requests, repos, issues, and docs — removes friction from every corner of the development loop. I don’t “use” Copilot anymore; it surrounds my workflow, accelerates my decisions, and lets me stay in motion from the moment I sit down to the moment I ship. This is the new rhythm of modern development — the Ambient AI Developer — and it’s redefining how I work every single day.
SPEAKER

James Montemagno
Microsoft
Principal Lead Program Manager for Developer Community