GitHub Copilot for SysAdmins with Jessica Deen

What can GitHub Copilot do for SysAdmins in 2025? Richard talks to Jessica Deen from GitHub about her experiences using Copilot for her work. Jessica talks about Copilot being the first stop for most tasks - describing the task to Copilot helps you think through the problem, and often the tool can generate code or information to get that task done fast. Today's GitHub Copilot can handle everything from explaining existing code to writing something new, debugging a problem, or even writing documentation!

Episode 978 of the RunAs Radio podcast, hosted by Jessica Deen, Richard Campbell, titled "GitHub Copilot for SysAdmins with Jessica Deen" was published on April 2, 2025 and runs 38 minutes.

April 2, 2025 ·38m · RunAs Radio

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What can GitHub Copilot do for SysAdmins in 2025? Richard talks to Jessica Deen from GitHub about her experiences using Copilot for her work. Jessica talks about Copilot being the first stop for most tasks - describing the task to Copilot helps you think through the problem, and often the tool can generate code or information to get that task done fast. Today's GitHub Copilot can handle everything from explaining existing code to writing something new, debugging a problem, or even writing documentation!

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