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Jonathan Carter

I build developer tools and services at Microsoft (currently Codespaces, Live Share, IntelliCode) and maintain some OSS projects (CodeTour, GistPad, CodeSwing, WikiLens)

ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” Seattle, WA ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” Joined on  ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ”

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VS Code + Live Share: Putting the “We" back in "Web"

VS Code + Live Share: Putting the “We" back in "Web"

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ”
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Do you prefer desktop or web clients?

Do you prefer desktop or web clients?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 8
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Community Showcase for GitHub Gists in VS Code

Community Showcase for GitHub Gists in VS Code

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ”
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What are your favorite/most useful GitHub Gists and/or CodePen samples?

What are your favorite/most useful GitHub Gists and/or CodePen samples?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 6
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Using VS Code and GitHub Gists As a Web Development Playground

Using VS Code and GitHub Gists As a Web Development Playground

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VS Code + GitHub Gist = Developer Micro-Blogging (aka a "GistLog")

VS Code + GitHub Gist = Developer Micro-Blogging (aka a "GistLog")

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 8
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VS Code + GitHub Gist = Cloud-Based Developer Scratchpad

VS Code + GitHub Gist = Cloud-Based Developer Scratchpad

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 9
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What are the biggest challenges when onboarding and contributing to a new codebase/project?

What are the biggest challenges when onboarding and contributing to a new codebase/project?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 5
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Have you used a paid on-demand expert help service to screen share/pair program/review code with someone?

Have you used a paid on-demand expert help service to screen share/pair program/review code with someone?

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What have you built/automated with headless browsers (e.g. Puppeteer)?

What have you built/automated with headless browsers (e.g. Puppeteer)?

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VS Code: Does your team or school use a custom “extension pack” to share their tooling stack?

VS Code: Does your team or school use a custom “extension pack” to share their tooling stack?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 11
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Complimenting developer communities with real-time discovery and assistance

Complimenting developer communities with real-time discovery and assistance

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Building a Fully-Extensible Developer Collaboration Platform

Building a Fully-Extensible Developer Collaboration Platform

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Have you tried IntelliCode? If so, what's your favorite (or least favorite!) suggestions so far?

Have you tried IntelliCode? If so, what's your favorite (or least favorite!) suggestions so far?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 17
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What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it?

What’s your default terminal shell? And what do you love the most about it?

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Which dotfiles (e.g. .bashrc, .vimrc) do you actually customize/depend on for your daily dev machine setup?

Which dotfiles (e.g. .bashrc, .vimrc) do you actually customize/depend on for your daily dev machine setup?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 12
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Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH?

Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 48
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Providing a Real-Time Complement for Git-Based Collaboration

Providing a Real-Time Complement for Git-Based Collaboration

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ”
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You Can't Spell Collaboration Without Communication

You Can't Spell Collaboration Without Communication

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 1
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Does your team conduct tech interviews as collaborative coding sessions? If so, what software/techniques are you using?

Does your team conduct tech interviews as collaborative coding sessions? If so, what software/techniques are you using?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 8
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What does pair programming look like for your team?

What does pair programming look like for your team?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 3
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Visual Studio Futures: Intelligent Productivity and Collaboration from Anywhere

Visual Studio Futures: Intelligent Productivity and Collaboration from Anywhere

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 2
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How do you manage your dotfiles across multiple and/or new developer machines?

How do you manage your dotfiles across multiple and/or new developer machines?

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 35
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Collaborative Development Requires a Shared Web Browser

Collaborative Development Requires a Shared Web Browser

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I'm a Visual Studio PM at Microsoft, working on developer services like Live Share. Ask Me Anything!

I'm a Visual Studio PM at Microsoft, working on developer services like Live Share. Ask Me Anything!

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Collaboration doesn't come in "One Size Fits All"

Collaboration doesn't come in "One Size Fits All"

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ðŸ”Ĩ āļ‚āđˆāļēāļ§āļ”āđˆāļ§āļ™: lostintangent - āļŠāļĢāļļāļ›āļ”āļĢāļēāļĄāđˆāļēāļĨāđˆāļēāļŠāļļāļ” 3
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Localhost isn't local anymore

Localhost isn't local anymore

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In Pursuit of Enjoyable Developer Collaboration

In Pursuit of Enjoyable Developer Collaboration

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