Tyler Leonhardt

All the progress on the 2 line ALMOST made me forget we still don’t have ORCA cards on iOS. 😭

Saw the signage yesterday for @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social ‘s show tonight in Seattle!

HYPED for tonight! 🙌

So this is the new year 🎶

I’m in Minneapolis for the holidays ❄️ I love the series of skyways over roads that connect two buildings.

It’s a really cool way to get around town without having to go outside (feels like -1 F rn).

There’s even a website to help navigate!
skyway.run

My fav wrapped provided by @theorcacard.bsky.social 🚊🚌

#transit

Pebble - Visual Studio Marketplace Extension for Visual Studio Code - Development tools for Pebble apps

So pumped that there’s a Pebble extension for @vscode.dev

Makes me want my Pebble Time 2 to arrive even sooner 😁

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Building a MCP to Build VS Code & The Impact of AI on Kent C. Dodds This week, VS Code engineer Tyler Leonhardt joins the podcast to give an update on the latest enhancements to MCP authentication for developers and how the VS Code team is leveraging MCP to help devel...

New @vscode.dev podcast drop!

Sat down with @tylerleonhardt.dev about using @playwrightweb and a custom MCP to help build features in #vscode.

+Bonus interview with @kentcdodds.com on the impact of AI, MCP, & so much more!

Audio: www.vscodepodcast.com/3

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E50E...

I’m sooooo excited for thiss ❤️ open source ftw

Developer's Journey Episode 2 YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

My opinions on college, AI, and what a @code release looks like... is this a clickbait-y enough title?😉

Thanks @oliviaguzzardo.bsky.social + Reynald for having me 🙏 always love chatting with you both!
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Developer's Journey Episode 2 YouTube video by Visual Studio Code

@tylerleonhardt.dev's Interview was so great! I hope he does more!

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Join us for VS Code Live: Agent Mode Day on April 16th! aka.ms/VSCodeLiveAg...

With live demos on agent mode, MCP servers, Bring Your Own Key, and more, you don't want to miss this.

It me 🚀 it was a really fun feature to work on. Lmk if you have any questions!

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Big updates in the latest VS Code release:
✨ Extend agent mode (now available in VS Code Stable!) with MCP tools
✨ A unified chat experience
✨ Use your own API key to access more language models
...and so much more

aka.ms/VSCodeRelease

Let’s dive in 🧵

A GitHub comment that says “Visual Studio Code devs are always positive towards the a11y issues, and their deep understandings of ARIA are, just awesome. I can't work and live independently without Vscode. Not an overstatement, really. Very much appreciated this fix! Please feel free to close this issue as resolved, whenever appropriate.”

I mean honestly, how can this not make me smile ❤️ #accessibility

What’s new in Visual Studio Code - January Update [1.97]. Highlights include: Copilot Next Edit Suggestions (preview), Reposition Command Palette, Auto-accept Copilot edits, Search values in debug variables, Python no-config debugging, Extension publisher trust, Combine output logs in a single view, Rich Git blame information, SVG image preview, and View inline values in notebooks.

Version 1.97 of VS Code is out now with Copilot Next Edit Suggestions, Python no-config debugging, SVG image preview, and more!

Full release notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_97

Here are some of the highlights… 🧵

I’m doing this big migration that needed me to create over 40 PRs in an Azure Repo…

when my script finally finished creating all of them, Azure DevOps kindly sent me over 400 emails from builds that were auto-triggered from opening the PRs lol

Why is it so chatty?

At least making it a little more discoverable

Maybe… 🤔 a contentious topic

Now everyone can just use Copilot in VS Code for free 😊

Extension authors should check out our chat API which lets you add cool AI features to your extension! code.visualstudio.com/api/extensio...

🤏🔄 @lszomoru.bsky.social prototyped Quick Input drag & drop last month and now we've got it in @vscode.dev Insiders!

Let me know what you think!

code.visualstudio.com/insiders/

Look what’s coming to @vscode.dev!

Thanks @tylerleonhardt.dev for showing this!

This is 🔥, always wanted to put it in the middle of the screen.

Easy $6 spent at TJ Maxx

If you ever thought “I wish VS Code could do this with AI” it can be done without having to deal with API keys and all that.

And if you have an existing extension and wanna add AI capabilities to it, it’s just a vscode API.

Now I realllllly wanna revive my stream!

GitHub Copilot extensibility overview Overview of how to extend GitHub Copilot in your Visual Studio Code extension by using the Chat API or Language Model API.

I’m personally most excited about Copilot’s Free tier now is that it pairs soo well with Copilot extensibility.

I can write a really cool AI-powered @vscode.dev extension in TypeScript and not have to pay a dime… but also my users don’t have to either.

code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...

Not sure where to start with your new Copilot access? Chat with the mermAId Chat Participant to morph your words into diagrams 🧜‍♀️

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Announcing GitHub Copilot Free!

A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code.

No trial. No subscription. No credit card required.

Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free

Honestly, I had a very different idea for 2024 back in February…

It was supposed to be a chill year!

…but what you can take away from this is to be veryyyy careful inviting me to your wedding 💒 because I will attend no matter where or when it is.

In 2024: * 58821 miles (94663km) traveled * 96 days of travel * 16 total trips * 12 countries visited * 49 cities visited

Sophie & I sitting on a pink couch among many many flowers

Sophie & I in front of a castle

Me feeding a highland cow

This year was a big travel year for me and it was amazing - I am truly so lucky and privileged to be able to do so. These trips were really special:

💒 Reconnecting with family & friends
💭 Daydreaming about living in ___
🥘 Food & experiences

What will 2025 have in store 🤔

Wild to me that I’m in an industry that talks about AGI…

but if I want a copy of my birth certificate with the city name on it I have to send a photocopy of my ID & a check for $15 by mail to Jacksonville.