Updated as I go

Notes on the tools I use.

Guides I wrote for myself and kept. Tick things off as you go — it saves in your browser.

6 roadmaps 3 games 1 note Progress saved locally

Roadmaps

Reference & practice

Git · VS Code · GUI-first01

Git Without the Terminal

The whole workflow through VS Code's Source Control panel. The mental model in four ideas, the six-click daily loop, what a merge conflict actually is — and how to undo almost anything.

GUI onlyConflict walkthroughUndo table
Open guide
GitHub Copilot · Power BI · Agents02

GitHub Copilot — Operating Manual

Model pricing and which one to switch to, a starter agent crew for meeting prep and memory, and how to stop Power BI reports from looking like defaults.

4 partsCost estimatorCopy-paste kit
Open manual
Microsoft Fabric · Planning03

Fabric Plan, Step by Step

Budgeting inside Fabric, explained like nobody explained it to you. Every click in order, why each step exists, the setup that silently blocks you, and a symptom-to-cause table for when it breaks.

8 stepsJargon decoderCapstone
Start step 0
GitHub Copilot · Agents · Build04

Build Your Own Agent App

BridgeMind-style AI teammates that start work on a schedule — running locally on the Copilot licence you already have. Caveman-simple: what, why, how, and four prompts that build it for you.

One screen4 promptsNo IT ticket
Open the plan
GitHub Copilot · Autonomy · Memory05

Copilot Without Babysitting

What practitioners actually report about running agents unattended — the autonomy dial, sub-agent fleets, a self-updating memory file, and the Power BI work you should never hand over.

Field notes6 copy-paste filesPractice ladder
Open field notes
GitHub Copilot · Cheat sheet06

Copilot Quick Reference

The dial, the five conditions, the Power BI yes/no table and the whole copy-paste kit — condensed to what you actually need at your desk. Companion to the field-notes page.

One pageAll 6 kit filesNo fluff
Open cheat sheet
In progress07

Data modelling · Purview · more

Additional roadmaps from the tool-belt series land here as they're brought over.

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