vscode-session-visualizer
My attempt to help visualise Github Copilot vscode agent workflow I shared it a few months before with the Github team over the insiders slack channel and decided to share as public project.
Open source project / 02-21-2026
Oren Melamed
Israel
Oren Melamed is a Senior R&D leader, speaker, and community builder specializing in agentic AI systems and AI-native developer workflows. He leads large-scale adoption programs for agentic tools, with a strong focus on GitHub Copilot as a daily driver in real-world engineering environments. With a background in building and scaling production systems, Oren focuses on how developers and agents actually collaborate in practice, and what truly works in production. He runs a Copilot-focused community and actively shares hands-on insights through posts, videos, and talks across LinkedIn, X, and YouTube. Oren has spoken at Microsoft events, contributed to online courses, and participated in GitHub YouTube Live. Through his work, he helps teams move from experimenting with AI to building effective, scalable AI-driven development workflows.
Community Contributions
GeekAcademy - GitHub Copilot as an AI Agent in the Software Development Workflow
As part of a joint venture my Microsoft Israel and GeekTime I led a copilot hands on session with two Microsoft Israel solution architects and a fellow Github star, Yuval Avidani I demonstrated a hands on lab on how I use Copilot in VSCode and shared practical tips to improve the daily work
Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 01-27-2026
excalidraw-copilot-app
As part of a series of posts about GitHub Copilot SDK I shared this repo to demonstrate an example of what you can achieve with the SDK
Open source project / 01-26-2026
How to with the context window
A podcast recorded as part of an AI conference: In this episode, we talk with Oren Melamed, AI Lead at AT&T, about the moment you realize the IDE is no longer the center of gravity, just a window into what’s really happening behind the scenes. We covered Copilot in the cloud, Claude, MCP, and plan mode. What a workday looks like when agents run in parallel, make decisions, and sometimes do dumb things. Where it saves hours, and where it makes you realize your job has already changed without you asking for it. We also dug into questions developers don’t always like to ask out loud: Is the need to “see the code” professionalism, or just a habit that’s hard to let go of? If the IDE becomes an orchestration layer, what’s actually left for us to do? And why, specifically now, less coding and more thinking is the real competitive advantage. The revolution is already here. Anyone still building as if nothing has changed will just find out too late.
Video/Podcast / 01-03-2026
State of agentic SDLC
A podcast - review of state of the agentic SDLC
Video/Podcast / 12-16-2025
AI trends in the Israeli tech radar
In this episode of Tech Radar Voice, Eitan Masuari, Head of Tech and DevOps Group Lead at Tikal, hosts Oren Melamed, Engineering Manager, and Assaf Varon, Fullstack Tech Lead at Tikal, for a conversation about AI trends מתוך the Israeli Tech Radar 2025–26. They dive into the world of Vibe Coding – when it’s a game changer that accelerates development, and when it’s a shortcut that introduces junk into production. From there, they move on to productivity tools that boost testing, debugging, and documentation, and finally to emerging standards like MCP and Agent-to-Agent, which allow tools, agents, and teams to speak the same language – and build complex systems more smoothly and faster. A highly practical conversation, packed with real-world examples and insights for developers and managers who live and breathe AI every day.
Video/Podcast / 09-29-2025
Microsoft https://medium.com/@OrenMe
I got the chance to speak to a crowd of CTOs, VP RnDs and tech leads about lessons learned from getting your organization to onboard AI
Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 09-14-2025
Supercharging Agentic Development with VS Code and GitHub Copilot
A community event I held for my Whatsapp community where James Montemagno the champ agreed to come and show us how he uses copilot and share useful tips and tricks
Video/Podcast / 07-31-2025
