Introduction A few days ago, I started noticing that Copilot was a co-author in some of my commits to my GitHub project. Since I write commit messages myself, I had no idea what this was about. The hint in GitHub just tells Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com> Yes, I am using GitHub Copilot for development. But I haven’t seen any information that it will be mentioned in my commits as co-author. It just appeared one day. ...
Introduction Windows 11 is forcing us to use AI, ads, and many other features most people don’t want. Here is how you disable AI in Windows. In recent years, Microsoft changed Windows from a local operating system to an always-online, cloud-based, agentic one full of AI slop, ads, and unwanted features. Here are some of the feature that nobody asked for and nobody wants: Windows Recall Windows Copilot Start menu searches the web Ads everywhere Excessive telemetry information … I have been using Windows for years and it wasn’t a problem until recently. Due to some app constraints, I cannot switch to Linux and I am also not a big fan of virtual machines or dual boot solutions. ...
Introduction I am exploring Firebase Studio to find out if it’s already a serious competitor for Windsurf or Cursor. Firebase Studio is the new kid on the block after Cursor and Windsurf made vibe coding generally available. Instead of writing code directly, users prompt the AI to get a working app for mobiles or the web. In this article, I am exploring Firebase Studio and find out if the tool is already worth a try or not. ...
Introduction In this article, I am going to present my top 5 free extensions for Visual Studio Code to you. They offer a jump start for your development progress. VS Code is a very good code editor, not only in my opinion (see StackOverflow developer survey 2021). But today’s tools can be enhanced with extensions to make them perfect for your specific tasks. Here are the extensions that I use as a Flutter developer. ...