.NET Rocks! A Better AI Development Assistant with Mark Miller
Jul 10, 2025
Mark Miller, Chief Architect at Developer Express and a Microsoft MVP, joins the conversation on leveraging AI to enhance coding efficiency. He discusses the innovative features in CodeRush, emphasizing a voice-driven assistant that minimizes context-switching. The dialogue explores the evolution of AI tools and their transformative impact on productivity. Mark reflects on overcoming challenges in coding with AI, ensuring consistency, and optimizing workflows, while also touching on historical milestones in AI development.
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CodeRush AI as Developer Armor
- CodeRush AI acts like an empowering suit of armor for developers, making code changes and semantic searches effortless.
- It boosts developer power and speed without pushing them to fully rely on agentic AI.
Deliberate Voice Activation
- Use a deliberate keyboard action to start AI voice prompts to avoid accidental activations.
- This makes integrating voice commands with coding effortless and less prone to errors.
Rich Context for AI Prompts
- Contextual information sent to the AI includes project summaries, NuGet packages, and current and related files.
- Triggered prompts respond to keywords like clipboard to include specific context dynamically for more accurate code generation.