Why I switched For years, Visual Studio with ReSharper was my go-to IDE for all .NET development. I tried the other ones in the past (notably Rider and VS Code) trying to target performance bottleneck in my work, but never stuck to any of them. But 2026 feels different. Like many developers, I started using … Read more
My motivation to use Dev Containers I’ll share my experiences with an attempt to use VS Code Dev Containers. Dev containers allow to sandbox our development experience to some extent, using Docker and virtualization under the hood. I got interested in that after noticing increased incidents of supply chain attack on developer tools in 2026. … Read more
If you’re stuck with the GitHub copilot button not working in VS Code and found this article, I hope it will help you narrow down the problem. I encountered this issue today after writing an extensive prompt. The problem is that the “Send and Dispatch” button in GitHub Copilot Chat extension appears to do no … Read more
I’m currently developing a small application in Next.js that will be protected with a rather typical OAuth 2 login flow. The login part will most likely be delivered last-minute by an external team, and will most likely be based on Azure Entra Id. Therefore, I decided to mock the login flow to help me develop … Read more
The problem: Copilot cannot browse the web One of the limitations of the default GitHub Copilot installations in Visual Studio Code I was kind-of aware of, but never really focused on, is in its inability to access internet websites, or search the web. It turns out to be inconvenient, especially when working with niche libraries … Read more
How do you display custom issues in the Problems view during build? Visual Studio Code offers a Problems tab that displays errors and warnings from your code. While it works well with built-in linters and compilers, sometimes you need to integrate custom validation tools into your workflow. In this post, I’ll show you how to … Read more
When I search for an audiobook, my usual choice is Amazon’s Audible (or our Polish Audioteka). This usually ensures good recording quality, and I have no concerns about copyright issues. However, occasionally, I discover that the best available recording is found on LibriVox, YouTube, or a similar service with a mix of amateur and professional … Read more
Here’s a short recipe for removing padding added around elements in Storybook iframes. The problem Storybook adds the .sb-main-padded class to the previews. In my opinion, this padding is unnecessary because it is not part of the designed component but a part of the Storybook viewport. It might wrongly suggest that we must deal with … Read more
A golden standard: launching a project with a single action When we set up a project, I think it’s of great value to allow to build and launch the project with a single action. Developers launch their code dozens of times a day, so it’s a worthwhile optimization. The action to launch a project would … Read more
This post continues my series, presenting the most significant technology insights I discovered in 2024. I’ve already posted about my recent learnings about the world of hardware. Here, I’ll list a few discoveries related to software tools and online services that I discovered and now find indispensable. #1: GitHub Copilot: if you don’t use it … Read more