A framework I’ve used with businesses to assess where they’re at on agentic development fundamentals, along with links to learn more about each technique.
Agentic development (the newest form of AI-assisted software development) is evolving rapidly, and with it comes a flood of new concepts. For many developers, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by advanced demos and articles. Here’s a framework I’ve used with businesses lately to assess where they’re at on agentic development fundamentals specifically, along with links to learn more about each one. Where do you sit in your company?
How I used GitHub Spark and Copilot Agents to turn a weekend idea into a launch-ready app in just days
A few weekends ago, my wife Shabnam Sarjami and I put our AI Agents knowledge to use on a personal project: how to improve attendee experience at Latin dance festivals (which we attend regularly). Event programs for these festivals aren’t the best (low-res images packed with lots of info and posted direct to social media), and with GitHub Spark and Coding Agent just launched we wanted to see if we could rapidly prototype a better one!
Comparing vibe coding and agentic development with the 6 levels of autonomous driving
If you’re in my network you may have been flooded with posts about ‘Vibe Coding’ lately, and how it’ll either revolutionize or ruin software development.
A quick intro to the Azure Developer CLI, and how it helps you do single-command deploys of your app into Azure
It’s 2025 and us developers really shouldn’t be writing deployment scripts or pipelines from scratch, but many people I meet don’t realize how much Microsoft can help in this area. It’s true that Copilot gets much of the attention when it comes to boosting productivity on this (and it is still a great way to avoid hand coding any type of script), but it’s not the only way to get results fast.
Using GitHub Pages and Copilot to learn some new languages and have fun at the same time
One of the biggest changes I’ve noticed since I’ve been developing with GitHub Copilot is that it’s making coding fun again. With my new AI coding assistant at my side, I’m tackling tasks that previously fell into the ‘too hard to give up my evening hours for’ category.
An intro to the concept of tools or plugins in AI agents, and how they are used in frameworks like Azure OpenAI Assistants and Autogen to do more than chat.
In my recent article on Multi-Agent AI Workflows, I looked at some of the benefits and challenges of designing solutions that use multiple AI agents to deliver an outcome.
A brief overview of new AI testing capabilities available and vendor options.
AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot are in the spotlight this year in the Software Engineering community. There’s no doubt they’ve had an immediate impact for developers who adopt them, but there’s also growing interest in AI-enabling other personas in the Software Development lifecycle.
