Posts from August 2025

Posts from August 2025 (4)

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  Published on

  2025-08-26 1:35 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  copilotdotnetgithubvibecoding

  First experiences using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent

  In this article, I will share some of my first experiences using GitHub Copilot Coding Agent (or "SWE Agent" as it was known before), and some quick tips for getting the most out of it. Or maybe I'll just be sharing some fun and frustrating moments with the truly Agentic version of GitHub Copilot. Because that's almost as much fun as showing everyone the funny pictures I made with AI, right?

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  Published on

  2025-08-19 5:16 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  copilotOfficeLensonedrive

  Microsoft Lens is going away - what now?

  In this article, I'm complimenting Microsoft on making a fantastic app, after which I'll have the questionable pleasure of announcing that the app is going away. Because Microsoft Lens, the app that made scanning, saving and sharing documents and whiteboards a breeze, is being discontinued. Microsoft just can't tolerate an app that does one thing, and does it well. So.. What now? Background Microsoft has officially announced the discontinuation of Microsoft Lens , formerly known as Office Lens .

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  Published on

  2025-08-12 6:36 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  windowswindows11macOS

  All the ways a Mac baffles me as a lifelong Windows user

  Are you like me - a frustrated power user on Windows, reluctantly looking into experimenting with the ultimate smoothbrain of Operating Systems - Mac OS? Or are you already years into that process, but still finding new surprises in the machine that you haven't had to reboot since first opening it?

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  Published on

  2025-08-05 3:00 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  googlechromemacos

  Chrome crashing on startup on mac OS? Easy fix!

  This article explains how to fix it when Google Chrome decides to start crashing immediately on startup. Chrome is seriously starting to feel like the Internet Explorer of the 2020s sometimes - yet, somehow, I still keep using it. Background I was surprised to find out that there are a lot of guides for this issue online already.

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