Harald Kirschner
Special guest
Experienced leader in technical product management and strategy. 20 year track record in data analytics, customer-centric development, AI, software engineering, design, and open source. Skillfully connects the dots between stakeholders, customer needs & wants and technology into a comprehensive product vision.
Harald Kirschner has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Subagents: Parallel Execution and Context Isolation [Updated]
February 9th, 2026 | 29 mins 40 secs
Discover how VS Code's subagents revolutionize parallel execution and context management. Learn the fundamentals of agent loops and context windows, then dive into how subagents isolate tasks, run simultaneously, and keep your main agent focused. Plus, explore custom agents and model optimization strategies to supercharge your development workflow.
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Building agent memory for VS Code with Harald Kirschner
October 13th, 2025 | 25 mins 41 secs
agent mode, apis, extensions
Harald joins James to talk through customizing chat, agents, and GitHub Copilot with custom instructions, prompts, and modes. We go deeper int new proposed APIs that pulls them together to create agents and how Harald implement agent memory and shipped it as an extension!