Jonathan
@jmcphers.bsky.social
Software architect @posit.co. Also music, kids, books, bicycling, and goodness knows what else. Opinions my own. He/him
Github Copilot is best thought of as a thin layer of software engineering prompts/context over foundational models like Claude Sonnet & GPT-5-Codex, + excellent IDE integration. It's very good.
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Github Copilot is best thought of as a thin layer of software engineering prompts/context over foundational models like Claude Sonnet & GPT-5-Codex, + excellent IDE integration. It's very good.
AFAIK Github Copilot was the original Copilot. It was (and is) a good product, but Microsoft couldn't resist capitalizing on the brand and slapping the "Copilot" label on literally anything it did that included the letters "A" and "I" in proximity.
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
AFAIK Github Copilot was the original Copilot. It was (and is) a good product, but Microsoft couldn't resist capitalizing on the brand and slapping the "Copilot" label on literally anything it did that included the letters "A" and "I" in proximity.
It really depends on the input! if I'm typing in a chat window or something it's really annoying to have to press anything other than enter, but anywhere that multi-line inputs are common, I live in fear of accidentally submitting when I just meant to add a line break.
October 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It really depends on the input! if I'm typing in a chat window or something it's really annoying to have to press anything other than enter, but anywhere that multi-line inputs are common, I live in fear of accidentally submitting when I just meant to add a line break.
I'm pretty sure they're just gonna table the issue
October 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'm pretty sure they're just gonna table the issue
Fantastic, glad you could make it!
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Fantastic, glad you could make it!
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓻𝓾𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭
we love this zucchini pizza which has you shred & drain (rather than slice) the zucchini. the texture is amazing. smittenkitchen.com/2016/08/summ...
summer squash pizza
This is the very best kind of dinner: it has five ingredients including the ones to make the pizza dough. It’s seasonal and it doesn’t care what else you had planned; it wants to be moved to the fr…
smittenkitchen.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
we love this zucchini pizza which has you shred & drain (rather than slice) the zucchini. the texture is amazing. smittenkitchen.com/2016/08/summ...
Is ... is it smiling?
September 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Is ... is it smiling?
I hurt myself sleeping a few weeks ago.
August 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I hurt myself sleeping a few weeks ago.
hah, so there is! Added some notes there
July 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
hah, so there is! Added some notes there
it should not ignore this. we'll fix it. thanks for reporting! github.com/posit-dev/po...
utils::browseURL silently fails if given a file · Issue #8367 · posit-dev/positron
System details: Positron and OS details: Positron Version: 2025.08.0 build 11 Code - OSS Version: 1.100.0 Commit: 36d51df958094ed934197a2f056b09eb4448798d Date: 2025-06-30T03:39:41.602Z Electron: 3...
github.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it should not ignore this. we'll fix it. thanks for reporting! github.com/posit-dev/po...
RStudio is not being abandoned; it's still being actively developed and is getting some of Positron's features, most recently support for the Air code formatter and nicer treatment for errors/warnings in the console.
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
RStudio is not being abandoned; it's still being actively developed and is getting some of Positron's features, most recently support for the Air code formatter and nicer treatment for errors/warnings in the console.
"Some things are too fun to stay in the past"?!
Eric, "It's that Time again" was RIGHT THERE
Eric, "It's that Time again" was RIGHT THERE
June 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Some things are too fun to stay in the past"?!
Eric, "It's that Time again" was RIGHT THERE
Eric, "It's that Time again" was RIGHT THERE
I love that game and so does my 6 year old daughter! The whimsical items and fast-but-not-stressful pace are just right.
June 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I love that game and so does my 6 year old daughter! The whimsical items and fast-but-not-stressful pace are just right.
I'm no fan of the tariffs but I think the glut of incredibly cheap toys from overseas has been bad for parents and kids. I would welcome a world with fewer toys, more carefully purchased.
May 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm no fan of the tariffs but I think the glut of incredibly cheap toys from overseas has been bad for parents and kids. I would welcome a world with fewer toys, more carefully purchased.
I have also tried this and didn't enjoy it. There's just no redeeming flavor behind the artificial capsaicin burn.
Good for TikTok dares, not good for lunch.
Good for TikTok dares, not good for lunch.
February 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I have also tried this and didn't enjoy it. There's just no redeeming flavor behind the artificial capsaicin burn.
Good for TikTok dares, not good for lunch.
Good for TikTok dares, not good for lunch.
I really enjoyed your game "The Barkless Doctrine"!
January 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I really enjoyed your game "The Barkless Doctrine"!