New Breakpoint is a regular online show for Australian and New Zealand developers produced by local developers at Microsoft and in the community.
This repository hosts useful follow ups, links and other information from each episode.
We want everyone who comes along to feel welcome and safe. Please make sure to review our Code of Conduct before joining in and contributing to our discussion.
You can watch all our episodes via playlists on Microsoft ANZ's YouTube Channel - Season 1 | Season 2.
Or register to view the sessions on-demand through our New Breakpoint Webpage
We would like to acknowledge that we record the show on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and have guests from around Australia who join us from the traditional lands of their local people. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
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2023-09-14: GitHub - Revolutionising the Developer Experience with Mish Mannering
You can catch this episode on our YouTube Channel.
In this episode Microsoft Developer Engagement Lead and host, Michelle Sandford is joined by GitHub Developer Advocate Mish Mannering to get the latest hot-off the press updates on developer research at GitHub, CoPilot usage, prompt engineering, what’s off the waitlist now and what you can use as well as a bunch of other super cool things. Mish Mannering will also explore:
• The latest projects from the team of researchers and engineers at GitHub Next. • More details on GitHub Copilot Chat: Real-Time Collaboration with your AI. • News of the latest updates on the feature GitHub projects. • What prompt engineering is and how developers use it to design prompting techniques that interface with large language models and other tools. • New unveilings with GitHub Release Radar and GitHub Game Bytes.
Mish showed off some awesome GitHub demos and content, here are some good links:
- GitHub Release Radar
- GitHub GameBytes
- A developer’s guide to prompt engineering and LLMs
- What developers need to know about generative AI
- How to use GitHub Copilot: Prompts, tips, and use cases
- The GitHub Blog
- Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness
- Research: How GitHub Copilot helps improve developer productivity
- GitHub Copilot X: The AI-powered developer experience
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2023-10-12: Demystifying OpenAI and GPT with Graeme Foster
You can catch this episode on our YouTube Channel.
Welcome to the second episode of New Breakpoint Season 3, where we're separating the hype from the actual use cases of OpenAI and GPT. They look, sound and function like magic, but are conceptually quite simple. But how do we cut through the hype to get to the code? In this episode Microsoft Developer Engagement Lead and host Michelle Sandford will talk to Technical Specialist Graeme Foster as he walks through what they are and how they work by building one for you from raw ingredients including Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search, and a database.
There’s going to be code, code and more code with a grand finale that errs on the side of unexplainable black magic! Sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the mysterious world of large language models. Graeme will discuss: • His personal journey on how he cut through the hype to get straight to the code and his tips and tricks on what to avoid and what to focus on • How to rethink what’s possible with OpenAI by demonstrating shortcuts that will broaden your horizons. • A demonstration of GPT, LangChain, and Semantic Kernel and how they work by building one for you from raw ingredients including Azure OpenAI
Graeme showed off some awesome code demos and content, here are some good links:
- Semantic Kernel
- Integrate with LangChain
- Azure Cognitive Search and LangChain: A Seamless Integration for Enhanced Vector Search Capabilities
- Build language model pipelines with memory
- Generative AI Learning Paths
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