GitHub Copilot: Stacked Sessions Revolutionize Dev Workflow

GitHub Copilot now offers stacked sessions and pull requests, a new feature designed to boost developer productivity. This aims to simplify how developers manage large, interconnected projects. Here's the thing: developers can now break down big tasks into smaller, manageable pieces. These sessions build on each other, and the app automatically organizes them into "stacked pull requests." Each pull request then targets the branch of the one before it, making changes easy to review. What's interesting is how this helps with older projects. Cassidy Williams, a senior developer advocate at GitHub, used this feature to modernize a decade-old project. She found that what would have taken weeks of manual effort became a seamless process with Copilot. For instance, the app suggested a full migration plan for outdated components and created a separate session to handle it. This segmentation helps prevent "scope creep." The bottom line: this iterative process shows how AI can not only write code but also manage the development lifecycle. This could redefine how collaborative software development is done.