Mads Kristensen
@mkristensen
Working on Visual Studio, founder of http://SchemaStore.org, VS extension author, and home automation enthusiasts.
Join us at #MCPDevDays July 29-30! See how Model Context Protocol is revolutionizing AI development with demos from @Microsoft, @GitHub, and amazing community partners. Register free: aka.ms/mcpdevdays Day 1 Stream: youtube.com/watch?v=8-okWL… Day 2 Stream:…
Love VS Code? Love GitHub Copilot? Want to be part of the future of Agentic Development and share it with the world? My team is hiring a Senior TPM focused on Agentic Dev Tools Advocacy! Work with the teams building it! jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/shar… #vscode #githubcopilot
Easily Access GitHub Action and GitHub Copilot Files in Visual Studio with the File Explorer extension! youtu.be/z1CPpqQnPrs #visualstudio #dotnet
🎤 Jessie Houghton from Visual Studio is diving into how GitHub Copilot adapts to your team’s prompts, preferences & behaviors. 🎟️ Register #VSLive msft.it/6017S77vW 💸 Code: VSLIVEHQ25 🤝 Meet the other devs: msft.it/6018S77vo
In this short demo, Product Manager Jessie, walks you through how to use a combination of vibe coding and spec-driven development with Copilot to build and iterate on a pomodoro-style transition timer app called Between Time. Check it out. 🎥 msft.it/6019SAQgL
Very happy to see that the new versions of SQL Server Management Studio (v21+) can update with the VS Installer. Besides being easier to manage, then new version is also significantly faster for many things and has at least a few UI improvements. If you're still on the old…
These are two sessions I don't want to miss. Hope to see y'all at VS Live in Redmond
🎤 Etienne Baudoux from Visual Studio is leading 2 sessions at VSLive! Redmond: 1.GitHub Copilot 2. Code Editor of Visual Studio Register: aka.ms/VSLiveHQ Discount Code: VSLIVEHQ25 🤝 Meet the other devs: youtube.com/watch?v=LnvSA5…
Ever have a Visual Studio solution with a lot of project that only perhaps two are being worked on? Try using new solution view. (video is a tad sloppy at one point but easy to follow)
The line number margin in Visual Studio is being tightened up to maximize horizontal space in the editor. I'm irrationally excited about this. Coming soon...

My third pull request to @code just got merged. github.com/microsoft/vsco…
Congratulations to all new and returning Microsoft MVPs in this July round of renewals. As a reminder, as an MVP you can get a free license for Markdown Monster. Head to the purchase page and scroll down to 'Apply for an MVP license'. markdownmonster.west-wind.com #MSMVP #MVPBuzz
I’m back! Fresh super professional in studio beginners guide to building iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows apps with .NET MAUI and @VisualStudio youtu.be/WBF_ZmjdZ1I?si… @jfversluis approved #dotnet #visualstudio
🚨 Devs, what are you most excited to explore at #VSLive Redmond? Vote below & join us in August! 👉 Register: msft.it/6017SLvXx
👀 Mads Kristensen just dropped 6 reasons why VSLive! Redmond is a must. Unreleased demos. Real dev talk. Plus much more. Limited spots left. 🎟️ VS subscribers: sign in for discounts. Non-subscribers: use code VSLIVEHQ25 to save up to $500. 🔗 aka.ms/VSS/Blog/VSLive
I just took a huge pull request from GitHub Copilot. I was not looking forward to doing this work myself, so I'm relieved and happy that Copilot could help. github.com/SchemaStore/sc…
I'm back at work after a few days off, and I get 111 GitHub pull requests and issue emails waiting. This is less than usual, but will still take me a while to go through...
I just published the first version of The Exceptionator. That's all the exception best practices I could think of as a set of Roslyn analyzers. Install it in Visual Studio here: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName… #visualstudio #vsix
⏳ Did you register for #VSLive Redmond Aug 4–8? 🔥 Dive into GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Azure OpenAI, #dotNETMAUI and more! Meet devs, grow your skills & network. 🎟️ Don’t miss out: msft.it/6012SQQEu