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Damian Brady

@damovisa.me

Staff Dev Advocate at GitHub 🥑 Australian, talks about DevOps and AI a lot. I used to code once. He/him

created April 25, 2023

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Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

It only understands a few languages, Rob. Not the ones distantly related to English.

16/9/2025, 7:49:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Whoa 😮😞 I'm really sorry to hear that.

26/7/2025, 7:07:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I'm doing another ride for charity. This time 100km! Further than I've ever ridden in one hit. I'm sure it'll be fine. Yeah it'll be fine. I'll be fine. Today is dollar match day, so would love your support. fundraise.mater.org.au/fundraiser/d...

15/7/2025, 10:37:12 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I wish I could have gone! Kids needed entertaining though.

12/7/2025, 8:23:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Luke Murray (@luke.geek.nz) reposted

This is huge news! GitHub Copilot coding agent now uses one premium request per session. Simpler and more predictable! github.blog/changelo...

12/7/2025, 7:24:25 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Found this for you @blowdart.me www.instagram.com/reel/DKkNkPb...

4/7/2025, 6:32:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I've been sick and haven't worn a mask this regularly since, well you know. I forgot how much it sucks. But no way I'm getting a bunch of kids or their parents sick one week out from school holidays.

21/6/2025, 11:35:32 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I wonder if there's anything on them...

20/6/2025, 7:11:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Brissie to the Bay fundraising for MS. Last minute donations welcome! www.brissietothebay.com.au/fundraisers/...

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14/6/2025, 10:01:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

It was really good to see you!

23/5/2025, 3:12:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

What a great Black Mirror episode showing a thing that didn't happen right? It didn't happen because that would be horrific. Right? RIGHT?

8/5/2025, 4:14:32 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Civic duty done!

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3/5/2025, 12:16:35 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Incidentally it's really hard to get DALL-E to not draw a hot dog

2/5/2025, 3:05:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

An AI-generated image of two hands putting a sausage in bread into an envelope. Using ChatGPT/Dall-E.
2/5/2025, 2:56:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

My favourite part is that it NEARLY covers up the family photo...

2/5/2025, 1:37:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

If you're Australian and haven't early voted, this is the most important site for tomorrow: democracysausage.org

2/5/2025, 1:12:02 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture YOW! Conferences (@yowconf.bsky.social) reposted

Have a look at what Github #Copilot is, what it's become, and how it works with GitHub's Staff Developer Advocate @damovisa.me at #YOW24 #techconference. 👀 Watch it at youtu.be/ZUS7r3c3iGc?...

15/4/2025, 9:51:00 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

👋

15/4/2025, 9:24:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Looks like the answer has been given. Although I'd "git checkout Development". Same same kind of. bsky.app/profile/levi...

15/4/2025, 9:23:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Can you clarify what you mean by "delegate user"?

3/4/2025, 9:17:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

If you ever wondered how much of Twitter is "the algorithm" pushing stuff at you, just visit another country. About 30% of my feed is in Japanese right now.

31/3/2025, 2:14:29 AM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

It's always worrying seeing an elderly person buying Apple gift cards. Maybe I'm being unfair.

20/3/2025, 12:48:27 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

It's amazing how many calories stress can burn.

14/3/2025, 1:28:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

No, not worth it. Insurance paid out anyway so I'm only out of pocket by the excess.

21/2/2025, 1:25:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Update! It's moved. Let's see where it...... Oh. Cool.

Airtag map showing my bike at a metal recyclers in [redacted]
21/2/2025, 12:32:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yes! Shoot me an email to damovisa at GitHub dot com with some details and I'll find the right person.

13/2/2025, 12:21:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michelle @Microsoft (@codess-aus.bsky.social) reposted

#GitHub Advocate @damovisa.me will demo a bunch of cool stuff in #NewBreakpoint tomorrow. Last chance to register: msevents.microsoft.com/event?id=291... ⌚ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (GMT +5:30) India ⏰ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (GMT +8) Singapore ⏲️ 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (GMT+13:00) Auckland

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12/2/2025, 3:38:30 AM | 10 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Look it crossed my mind. But no.

9/2/2025, 1:06:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

It's temping to go there myself but that's the kind of thing that would get me in more trouble than the person who stole stuff.

9/2/2025, 12:18:49 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Fixing root cause is hard.

8/2/2025, 11:59:53 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yeah I agree.

8/2/2025, 11:58:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yeah agree. Escalating punishment? By the time you get caught for the 5th time you might have serious consequences. But then you should really go further back and look at social programmes and why stealing bikes for a living is a thing people might want or need to do.

8/2/2025, 11:52:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I did everything I was supposed to as well. It was chained to a bike rack, in a secure garage, with a tracking device. I'll be keeping my new one inside my apartment.

8/2/2025, 11:36:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Doesn't seem like the BEST reason to do nothing. And meanwhile insurance premiums increase because there have been thefts...

8/2/2025, 11:35:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Update: I called the police and was told because it's a block of units they can't just knock on doors and accuse people. Fair enough. So... What if I went with you and got a more precise location? Madr the airtag make noise? ... no.

8/2/2025, 11:30:56 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

No apparently the airtag isn't accurate enough for a warrant and they can't just knock on doors. Offered to go with them and make it ping. The answer was no. No reason, just no.

8/2/2025, 11:26:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Lack of funding? Too hard? Laziness?

8/2/2025, 11:25:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yeah. Seems very much like a token effort.

8/2/2025, 11:24:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

"Current Status of report: Filed Pending Further Information - this means that all possible investigations have been completed at this time and the crime remains unsolved." 😐

8/2/2025, 9:39:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Had a bike stolen but it had an airtag on it! 2 weeks later the airtag is still active at a very specific residential address. An address known by police and described as "a place a lot of bikes go to die".

8/2/2025, 9:38:42 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Michelle @Microsoft (@codess-aus.bsky.social) reposted

This month's #NewBreakpoint episode with @damovisa.me from #GitHub on 13th Feb Sign up ➡️ msevents.microsoft.com/event?id=291... Talking about GitHub Copilot, Workspaces, Spark and more

Two gorgeous developer advocates on a blue and purple background for the Microsoft New Breakpoint web show made for developers by developers
3/2/2025, 4:36:50 AM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Oh that bit is fine. It's just that avocados have about an 8min window when they're ripe and bananas speed that up.

26/1/2025, 1:45:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I just put bananas next to avocados in my fruit bowl so I guess you could say I'm pretty brave.

26/1/2025, 8:56:21 AM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Score Follower (@scorefollower.bsky.social) reposted

Bubble Sort in C

21/1/2025, 2:45:52 PM | 132 44 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Sometimes I read through my Spam folder just for the lols.

20/1/2025, 7:33:43 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I mean I get to see friends. And I'm flying out before the 20th, so...

13/1/2025, 4:32:40 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Hi again America! I'm back in you.

13/1/2025, 4:11:26 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I haven't been posting much but at least this time it's because I'm happily spending time with family and friends.

28/12/2024, 10:34:24 PM | 28 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

On the Bluesky app I logged into a corp account by mistake. I'm logged out but I still get notifications. I can't figure out how to remove the account from my app entirely. Anyone have any hints?

22/12/2024, 11:33:08 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GitHub (@github.com) reposted

A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. ✅ 2,000 code completions per month 💬 50 chat messages per month 💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o ♥️ More fun for you Check it out today! Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...

18/12/2024, 6:18:55 PM | 402 133 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

@gazit.me as well maybe?

13/12/2024, 11:51:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

On my way home after a really great but busy week. 6 talks, lots of new friends, and so many great chats.

13/12/2024, 11:23:20 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture GitHub (@github.com) reposted

Turn your GitHub history into a masterpiece! With the new GitHub Skyline CLI extension, generate stunning 3D skylines of your contributions and print them IRL: github.blog/changelog/20.... Let’s see your #GitHubSkyline!

9/12/2024, 5:14:29 PM | 174 36 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Haha not this time! I do have 5 more talks this week though... The rest in Sydney or online.

8/12/2024, 8:53:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I'll be there! Looking forward to it 😊

8/12/2024, 8:21:29 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ashley Willis-McNamara (@ashley.dev) reposted

We haven't done this before, but this year we saved some of the hackable badges for the shop! There aren't many available, but if you want to have some fun hacking on cool hardware, here you go!

5/12/2024, 11:36:43 PM | 66 15 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lu wilson (@todepond.com) reposted

follow all speakers at #YOW24 ! go.bsky.app/J5rxNeZ

5/12/2024, 12:44:13 AM | 7 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I mean fair, I'm not in Melbourne...

5/12/2024, 1:20:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

😂

5/12/2024, 1:20:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I don't think I'm on there!

5/12/2024, 1:16:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Personal request - the ability to remove all offline/disconnected devices at once! I just moved house and I'm having to either start from scratch or remove a mass of devices.

5/12/2024, 1:16:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

It's amazing how much you can tell about your overall mood from your most used emoji. Early this year it was 😂 Changed to 😅 for a while It just switched to 😊

4/12/2024, 10:06:19 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Excellent question! Not off the top of my head... Best option if you can't find what you need in the docs (github.blog/security/sup...) Would be to ask in community discussions - github.com/orgs/communi...

25/11/2024, 9:31:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

I'm 100% down with this in pretty much whatever form it takes. I felt pressured to pay for the birdsite because of features, but I'll pay for this regardless.

24/11/2024, 2:55:51 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks Chicago! I really like this city. 😊 On my way to the airport for a 16 hour flight 😑

23/11/2024, 5:52:43 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Lol I'd forgotten about that

23/11/2024, 3:38:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

If you're at #MSIgnite, I'll be talking about (and showing off) GitHub Advanced Security Autofix at 3:15 in Theatre B! 🧠 🔐

21/11/2024, 8:54:27 PM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Clean slate for me I think.

21/11/2024, 8:44:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

❗❗❗❗ I think you should find the author and give me their name ...

21/11/2024, 8:08:17 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Ah yeah that's a good idea.

20/11/2024, 5:48:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Avoiding impersonation mainly. So I guess it's really more relevant for the bsky account with my handle... Other domains I own can't be taken.

20/11/2024, 4:24:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I have one for one domain but I don't want to create a whole lot of accounts for my others.

20/11/2024, 4:16:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Question for Bluesky experts... What's the best way to have aliases or otherwise register other handles/domains?

20/11/2024, 3:27:03 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Corey.

20/11/2024, 3:25:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Live demo on stage in 5min by our CEO @ashtom.bsky.social! ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home

19/11/2024, 8:51:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Merill Fernando 💚 (@merill.net) reposted

🦋 Introducing bluesky.ms 👏 = A crowdsourced database of anyone and everyone in the Microsoft community on Bluesky. 👉 Add yourself and anyone you know today 👈 🫂 All are welcome. This is my v1, I'll add options to directly follow from the site itself but first 👇 LET'S FILL IT UP! 🙏

8/11/2024, 3:51:00 PM | 607 267 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Oh um. Observation. 😅

18/11/2024, 2:22:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yep. <10min for me! The taxi to the gate was longer.

18/11/2024, 2:22:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I got one too!

An aerial photo of the Chicago city skyline taken from a plane.
17/11/2024, 8:04:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

Why did Chicago put its airport so far away?

17/11/2024, 8:01:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Or you might live in one of more than a dozen other countries that exist!

17/11/2024, 7:42:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Just woke up on the plane so I nailed that timezone shift. Another underrated devrel skill 😅

17/11/2024, 3:00:31 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Still got the shoes?

17/11/2024, 3:33:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Whatever they give me on the plane! 😅

17/11/2024, 2:19:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

👁️ 👁️ 👃 👄

17/11/2024, 1:03:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/11/2024, 1:01:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

That combo of emojis always freaks me out 😅

17/11/2024, 12:48:24 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Hi! 👋 Devrel at GitHub. 🥑 Formerly Microsoft and before that Octopus Deploy.

17/11/2024, 12:03:25 AM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

You too!

16/11/2024, 11:58:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I'll be at the Copilot+VS booth... [checks calendar]... All of the time. 😅

16/11/2024, 11:49:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I'll definitely have to find time to say hi this time!

16/11/2024, 11:43:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

I haven't had peanuts all month. I'm helping.

16/11/2024, 11:42:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Yeah the route is not the best.

16/11/2024, 9:13:52 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Oh hi!

16/11/2024, 9:13:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

About 29 hours. 😬

16/11/2024, 9:09:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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At the airport on the way to Chicago for #MSIgnite! Sure, BNE-HKG-ORD isn't exactly the most direct route but was it cheap? Not really, no.

16/11/2024, 12:12:58 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Situationship of Theseus (@cassiegretch.bsky.social) reposted

Yeah I was on bsky when it was invite only, I'm part of a pretty selective few, otherwise known as "social media addicted losers"

15/11/2024, 4:38:32 PM | 1469 264 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me) reply parent

Such a novelty!

16/11/2024, 8:52:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Damian Brady (@damovisa.me)

One THOUSAND followers!!

16/11/2024, 6:11:47 AM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view