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The Eligibility Exercise: A Practical Framework for Your Next Promotion

Before you ask for a promotion, do the homework. Here’s a simple framework to build your case and identify your gaps.

Copilot CLI Skills: A Practical Guide With Examples for Every Role

Skills are how you teach Copilot CLI to do your job your way. This guide covers what skills are, how to build them, and includes ready-to-use examples for developers, data engineers, DBAs, project managers, and technical writers.

GitHub Copilot CLI: Senior Developer Reference

A reference-style guide for senior developers using Copilot CLI (GA). Focus on agent runtime architecture, composition patterns, autopilot mode, memory, programmatic automation, and team-scale governance.

Locking Down MCP: Setting Up a Registry and Enforcing Server Access

A practical guide to setting up an MCP registry, enforcing server access policies across IDEs, and understanding the current limitations you need to plan around.

Orchestrating AI Agents: Building a Pipeline Pattern for Software Development

After months of experimentation, I’ve landed on an orchestrator-plus-sub-agent pattern that mirrors how effective engineering teams actually work. Here’s how I built it, what I learned, and how you can adapt it for your own workflows.