Lee Englestone 💡🧠👨‍💻🚀

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Is this broken for anyone else? It keeps saying try again. copilot.microsoft.com/labs/audio-exp…

@yongfook I have had this conversation with multiple people including leaders. Some people struggle with numbers.. for example they’ll interchange 10x with “100% more effective”. I have to remind them that 100% more effective is 2x. 10x = 1000% 2x is more realistic than 10x.

I don't think AI will be the 10x or 100x multiplier that people say, because I think there are natural checks and balances in place regulating everything. You can code 10x faster now? Cool, do that for a week straight and you'll fry your brain. You will need to take breaks and regulate yourself. You can build a product 10x faster now? Cool, but it takes just as long as it always did to get people to care, get customers, etc. You can tear through the entire backlog in one day? Cool now there's no more work to do and everyone is fired. Maybe lets not tell the boss this is possible. You can generate any image of anything you want? Cool, but your friends can only take so many custom meme images before they disown you. You can send 10,000x more AI-enhanced "cold outreach" emails looking for clients? Sure but it takes just as long as always to gather requirements, discuss timelines, etc. None of that is any faster. Only a very tiny % of giga-chad geniuses will have both the intellect and the agency to employ AI in a way that actually 10xs or 100xs the value that they generate. The rest of us will be limited by organic or bureaucratic guard rails. Personally I'm very grateful for the role AI plays in my life. It allows me to code 10x faster with the time I allocate, which frees up other time to do things I enjoy in my personal life. My output is more than before, not 10x, maybe 2x. And my quality of life has improved. That's well worth $200 a month!

💡 Curiosity drives innovation. What’s one insight or idea you hope to exchange at #MVPSummit this year? Drop your thoughts below! #MVPBuzz

@tetsuo_cpp Instead of living with fear and existential dread, programmers need to get on with building. Live life, learn new things, grow into your full potential and don't look back.

Ready to build with Copilot and AI agents? 🤖 Copilot Developer Camp gives you hands-on, self-paced labs to go from “curious” to “shipping” with AI in your apps. Many #MicrosoftMVPs are already using this content in their communities. Start learning: msft.it/6019QMWab #MVPBuzz

Daughter: "They dropped a huge box of pens yesterday while unloading supplies at school" Me: <Pauses..> "So after they hit the floor, did they roll around, or where they just stationary?" Pretty good for 7.10am. Pre-coffee. Edinburgh Fringe Festival here I come! 🖊️ #Joke

Love this! As the seasonal changes are cyclical. Nice

I'm excited to see another headset from the team at Lynx :) Especially with a higher FoV, it's nice to see a headsets making gains there! ...and StereoKit compatibility always floats my boat too 🥳

@jasteinerman Awesome, let me know if they want the domain LanguageXR.com

Meta just launched an immersive language learning app for XR! And the best part? It's free and open sourced for everyone, including developers Get the code: github.com/oculus-samples… Play for free: meta.com/en-gb/experien…

Learn how to build prod-ready AI agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) — plus how it stacks up against Semantic Kernel and AutoGen. Get started: msft.it/6018t0Fnj

Some lovely live Ludovico Einaudi music in Bramhall tonight by candlelight performed by a string trio. Organised by Lumos.

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I published 1,500 books on Amazon and made $3M Here’s how in 10 steps: 1. Find 10 evergreen nonfiction niches on ChatGPT 2. Pick one that’s specific, not broad. e.g. ADHD parenting 3. Ask ChatGPT to write 10 book chapters for that niche 4. Expand chapters with Claude AI 5. Polish with Grammarly + Turnitin 6. Design a cover for free with Ideogram 7. Upload your book on Amazon KDP 8. Launch at $0 9. Collect 10–20 reviews via FB groups 10. Raise price → scale winners → reinvest into more books ($53,000 from a single book recently) obviously, there’s a lot more to this business… if you want my 3 AI prompts + Amazon KDP blueprint (free), comment “Send” and I’ll send it Must be following + Retweet

#CSAdvent post 2 for December 3, 2025! "Santa's Workshop with AI Elf Agents" by @LeeEnglestone linkedin.com/pulse/santas-w… #dotnet #csharp

@RichardAyoade Heck of a book signing. Hands-down, the best book signing I've ever been to.

Worked from the city centre today so I could go meet my favourite comedian @RichardAyoade at a book signing on my lunch break. Not sure he found my joke about signing it to “highest bidder” very funny. Screw it, you weren’t there.. He found it hilarious.

My entry for this year’s Festive Tech Calendar. Santas Workshop with AI Elf Agents A festive code sample, demo and video, created to demonstrate the Microsoft Agent Framework where Al Agents are given the personas of Santa's elves to help with some of the Christmas duties using the Google Al Nano Banana image model. youtu.be/YFEKCeGYSOA?si… #festivetechcalendar #csharp #csadvent #nanobanana #innovation #ai

Took my Dad to watch a live snooker game for his birthday as he loves watching it on TV but never been to a live game. Because we were in the front row, we ended up on BBC Sport!

Today is the Opening Day for this years Festive Tech Calendar - festivetechcalendar.com Festive Tech Calendar 2025 fundraiser for Beatson Cancer Charity - justgiving.com/page/festive-t…