Introduction The year is 2025, and the way we write software has fundamentally changed. What once required hours of manual research, pattern memorization, and repetitive boilerplate typing can now be accomplished in minutes-or even seconds-through the quiet, almost invisible assistance of an artificial intelligence that lives inside the editor. GitHub Copilot, powered by large language models originally developed by OpenAI and now refined through hundreds of millions of lines of publicly available code, has moved from being an experimental curiosity to an indispensable daily tool for millions of developers worldwide. It is no longer a question of whether AI will play a role in software development; the question is how deeply and how skillfully a developer chooses to integrate it into every stage of the craft. This book is written for the developer who senses that something irreversible has already happened in the profession, who feels both the excitement and the unease of this shift, and who wants to master the new reality rather than merely react to it. Whether you are a junior engineer taking your first professional steps, a mid-career developer responsible for production systems, or a staff-level architect shaping entire platforms, the practices, tools, and mindsets described in the following chapters will change the speed, quality, and creativity of the work you produce.
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