Jonathan Carter

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

Seattle, WA Joined on Jul 7, 2018

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Jonathan Carter

Aug 28 '21

Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

#showdev #vscode #webdev #javascript

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Oct 20 '21

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

#showdev #webdev #vscode #javascript

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Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

Fixed! Thanks so much for the heads up 👍

Aug 30 '21

Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

It does! When you open a repo in GitHub.dev, it has access to...

Aug 30 '21

Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

Good point! I added a quick mention of that to the intro para...

Aug 29 '21

Powerful VS Code extensions for remote work

Thanks for publishing this awesome extension pack! I work o...

Mar 21 '20

Using VS Code for notes taking

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind, but I...

Mar 8 '20

Using VS Code for notes taking

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts/feedback on GistPad. ...

Mar 6 '20

My VS Code Setup

This is an awesome list! 🙌 After having used Settings Sync...

Feb 24 '20

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

Perfect! Thank you 🙏

Feb 16 '20

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Jonathan Carter

Oct 25 '20

Do you prefer desktop or web clients?

#discuss #productivity

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Jonathan Carter

Feb 20 '20

Community Showcase for GitHub Gists in VS Code

#showdev #vscode #tools #webdev

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Jonathan Carter

Feb 16 '20

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

#discuss #vscode #showdev #webdev

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Dec 19 '19

Using VS Code and GitHub Gists As a Web Development Playground

#showdev #vscode #webdev #javascript

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Dec 15 '19

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

#showdev #vscode #webdev #discuss

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Nov 24 '19

VS Code + GitHub Gist = Cloud-Based Developer Scratchpad

#showdev #vscode #webdev #discuss

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Jonathan Carter

Sep 14 '19

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

#discuss #watercooler #tools

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Jonathan Carter

Sep 7 '19

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

#discuss #watercooler #vscode

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Jonathan Carter

Sep 5 '19

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

#discuss #watercooler #vscode

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Aug 26 '19

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

#discuss #vscode #tools

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Jul 31 '19

Complimenting developer communities with real-time discovery and assistance

#showdev #discuss

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Jonathan Carter

Jul 14 '19

Building a Fully-Extensible Developer Collaboration Platform

#productivity #webdev #javascript #vscode

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Jul 11 '19

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

#discuss

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Jul 5 '19

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

#discuss

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Jonathan Carter

Jun 18 '19

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

#discuss

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Jonathan Carter

Jun 10 '19

Do you clone Git repos via HTTPS or SSH?

#discuss

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Jonathan Carter

Jun 10 '19

Providing a Real-Time Complement for Git-Based Collaboration

#productivity #javascript #collaboration #webdev

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Jonathan Carter

Jun 2 '19

You Can't Spell Collaboration Without Communication

#showdev #javascript #beginners #webdev

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May 26 '19

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

#discuss

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May 12 '19

What does pair programming look like for your team?

#discuss #collaboration #productivity

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Jonathan Carter

May 8 '19

Visual Studio Futures: Intelligent Productivity and Collaboration from Anywhere

#discuss #productivity #webdev #javascript

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Jonathan Carter

Apr 20 '19

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

#discuss #productivity #beginners

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Jonathan Carter

Apr 17 '19

Collaborative Development Requires a Shared Web Browser

#showdev #webdev #javascript #productivity

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Jonathan Carter

Apr 6 '19

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

#ama

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Jonathan Carter

Apr 3 '19

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

#webdev #node #javascript #productivity

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Jonathan Carter

Mar 26 '19

Localhost isn't local anymore

#webdev #javascript #beginners #productivity

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Jonathan Carter

Mar 16 '19

In Pursuit of Enjoyable Developer Collaboration

#productivity #vscode #collaboration #webdev

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Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

Fun Things You Can Do With github.dev 😎

Powerful VS Code extensions for remote work

Using VS Code for notes taking

Using VS Code for notes taking

My VS Code Setup

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