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Chris Reddington

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Senior PM, DevRel Strategy at GitHub; MBA Candidate at Warwick Business School; Views are my own

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Chris Reddington Hey! I'm Chris Reddington, a seasoned Developer Relations expert and tech enthusiast who loves bringing development teams and end-users closer together. Dive into my portfolio, explore the latest in c...

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An easter egg's hiding on this site,
Try paths that won't load, you'll know it's right πŸ‘€.
When pages aren't found, secrets abound ❓,
Review what you see, the clues can be found πŸ’».

17.02.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with GitHub Copilot SDK Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. This week we'll explore how to bring the power of GitHub Copilot CLI into your apps with Git...

T-30 minutes until I go live on gh.io/rubberduckthursdays!

This week, I'll be talking about GitHub Copilot SDK and how I built "Flight School" - An app that gives you challenges, goals and topics based on your GitHub Profile!

29.01.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub Copilot SDK in Action: Flight School - AI-Powered Developer Learning Platform (2026)
GitHub Copilot SDK in Action: Flight School - AI-Powered Developer Learning Platform (2026) YouTube video by Chris Reddington

@github.com announced Copilot SDK, bringing the power of Copilot CLI to your apps. I built Flight School, an app that gives learning recommendations based on your GitHub profile

πŸ‘€Copilot SDK: github.com/github/copil...

⭐️ Flight School: github.com/chrisredding...

26.01.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with GitHub Copilot CLI Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.This week we'll explore how to build with agents fr...

Hey friends! πŸ‘‹T-30 mins until Rubber Duck Thursdays πŸ₯

Come and join us as we do some work with GitHub Copilot CLI - gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

22.01.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - It's time to build! Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.We'll revisit the countdown projects that we made a...

Join me live in 15-20 minutes at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays - I'm going to show you what I've been building over the break, and how I refined our countdown apps from our last stream of 2025! I'll give you a hint... extensibility and open source.

Excited for this one! 😍

08.01.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build our way into 2026! Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.This will be our last European-timezone-friendly st...

Time for a very themed and fun Rubber Duck Thursdays! πŸ¦†

Join me in 10 minutes at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays for my last stream of the year, as we build our way into 2026!

18.12.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build down tech debt Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.Last week, we explored using GitHub Copilot custom ...

Going live in 25 minutes for Rubber Duck Thursdays! We'll continue creating custom agents to help with our development lifecycle, including tech debt and some tests!

Join me at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays!

11.12.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with custom agents (again!) Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.Last week, we explored Copilot custom instructions ...

Going live in 15 mins on Rubber Duck Thursdays at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays - Building on last week's stream, we'll be exploring Copilot custom agents a bit more!

Feel free to tune in to have a co-working buddy, or to focus a bit more and learn something new!

04.12.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with custom agents Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.In this episode, we'll explore custom agents and ho...

Going live in 10 minutes on Rubber Duck Thursdays - Tune in at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

We'll be covering Copilot custom agents, custom instructions and more!

27.11.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be going live in just under an hour for Rubber Duck Thursdays! Come and join me for some live coding, while exploring the latest and greatest of GitHub.

You could even have me on in the background as a co-worker :)

gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

20.11.2025 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Test

18.11.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

test

18.11.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Testing something out *wave*

18.11.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Time to build! Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. Come along, suggest some ideas and let's see what ...

It's Thursday! We'll be going live in just over 10 mins with Rubber Duck Thursdays for a mix of GitHub Actions (continuing from last week) and exploring a bit of 3D fun when playing tic-tac-toe against our MCP server.

Intrigued? Join over at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

04.09.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Friday! WebP support has been now been added to your GitHub repos πŸŽ‰

29.08.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Join me in 15 mins, as we continue building out our turn-based-game MCP server! gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

We'll be exploring "Elicitation" from the MCP spec, how I've setup the repo and doing some cleaning up!

07.08.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Building an MCP server Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.In this stream, we'll continue building projects th...

Live in 10 mins on gh.io/rubberduckthursdays - I'll be talking more about MCP, and a little app/MCP server I built to help learn a bit more about Model Context Protocol and how it works!

Want to learn more? Come and join us live in 10 mins!

31.07.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Copilot agent mode, coding agent and MCP servers Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.We'll take a look at what GitHub has released since...

Happy Thursday! Come and join us on #RubberDuckThursdays in 10 mins at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

We'll be building with Copilot agent mode, coding agent and MCP today!

10.07.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with agents Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.We'll take a look at what GitHub has released since...

Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays, starting in a few minutes! I'll be doing more work with Copilot coding agent (Custom instructions and setup steps) on a GitHub Action that I built, and some show/tell on some UI enhancements for another project!

gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

03.07.2025 09:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.We'll take a look at what GitHub has released since...

Join us in 15 mins for another Rubber Duck Thursdays! gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

We'll take a look at the announcements from the last couple of weeks, then my plan is to work on some i11n with Copilot Agent Mode and Copilot coding agent :)

26.06.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ashley Willis Don't Come Inside Until the Streetlights Are On I grew up in the '80s, where parenting often sounded like, "Don't come home until the sun goes down," or "Go dri...

If you’ve ever felt like asking for help would cost too much, this one’s for you.

23.06.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 160 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 6

When did you start writing my biography? πŸ˜… But this really is an excellent writeup, much head-nodding as I read it! ❀️

23.06.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come and join me in just over 15 mins on Rubber Duck Thursdays! We'll be recapping the latest GitHub Updates, trying out GitHub Copilot coding agent and doing more work with Copilot agent mode!

gh.io/rubberduckth...

05.06.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How to get the most out of the Copilot coding agent
How to get the most out of the Copilot coding agent YouTube video by GitHub

Been trying out Copilot coding agent? There are a few tips and tricks to get the most out of it, including scoping your issues well, having Copilot custom instructions, and Copilot setup steps.

Learn more in this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPML...

24.05.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The GitHub Copilot coding agent *NEW*
The GitHub Copilot coding agent *NEW* YouTube video by GitHub

It's a great privilege to make some of the videos behind GitHub's launches, but I think I've enjoyed this one the most. With Copilot coding agent, you can now assign Copilot tasks that it can work on in the background. Take a look!

19.05.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come and join me in about 20 minutes (10:30 BST) as we carry on building things live! This time, we'll be using Copilot Agent Mode and creating a new GitHub CLI Extension based on some requirements

It'll be a lot of fun, so come and join over at gh.io/rubberduckthursdays! πŸ₯

15.05.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rubber Duck Thursdays - Agent mode and custom instructions Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects.In this stream, we'll continue our conversation on ...

Join me at 10:30 am BST today for Rubber Duck Thursdays! We’ll be talking more about Copilot Agent Mode and Copilot Custom Instructions πŸ₯

gh.io/rubberduckth...

08.05.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and join me at 10:30 BST (about 40 mins away!) as we talk through the latest GitHub Updates, and then carry on building - with a focus on using GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions!

gh.io/rubberduckthursdays

01.05.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's a Thursday, so it's almost Rubber Duck Thursdays time!

Join me at 10:30 BST on gh.io/rubberduckth... for relaxed vibes and vibe coding.

I'll be switching between a few different projects, a bit of show/tell/code from last week, my weekend project and new ideas!

24.04.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays as we continue chatting, writing code, and building our ideas! πŸ’»

Last week, we used Copilot Agent Mode to add more games to our @github.com CLI Extension. βœ…

Watch at 10:30 a.m. GMT or 2:00 p.m. ET ⬇️
gh.io/rubberduckth...

27.02.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0