Augustine Correa

India

Augustine Correa (@indcoder) is a veteran open-source community builder, technologist, and Microsoft MVP based in Mumbai. As the founder and organizer of Hackerspace Mumbai, he has spent over 14 years cultivating the city's longest-running tech meetup (#mumtechup) and leading a thriving open-source software community of over 5,000 members. A recognized leader across major developer ecosystems, he has served as a community leader and ambassador for GitHub, Docker (Mumbai and Mangaluru), Auth0, and HashiCorp, driving technical education and adoption at scale. A passionate advocate for builder-first developer experiences, Augustine champions Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and secure architecture for autonomous AI workflows. From presenting at international forums like Dockercon, FOSSAsia to driving regional initiatives like the #TechMang college tours and GitHub Copilot Dev Days, Augustine is deeply committed to shifting developers from passive consumption to active open-source contribution.

Community Contributions

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Identified Missing Cosmos DB Provisioning Steps in Microsoft Build 2026 LAB501 Workshop

While reviewing and supporting delivery of the Microsoft Build 2026 LAB501: From Zero to Deployed on Azure with AI Agents workshop, identified a critical gap in the published lab instructions. The workshop assumed the presence of a Cosmos DB instance, container, and dataset, but the provisioning guidance was missing for participants running the lab outside the Skillable-managed environment. This created a workshop-blocking issue for attendees and proctors attempting to complete the exercises independently. Reported the issue to the maintainers, documented the impact on workshop execution, and worked with the content owners to validate the remediation. The workshop documentation was subsequently updated through PR #47 to include the required Cosmos DB provisioning guidance, and the issue was resolved and closed.

Open source project / 06-21-2026

Build //localhost:Mumbai: The Builder's Edition

Organized and coordinated Build //localhost:Mumbai - The Builder's Edition, a Microsoft Build community event designed to bring Microsoft Build technical content and hands-on learning experiences to the local developer community. Responsibilities included event planning, speaker coordination, community outreach, registration management, venue logistics, agenda curation, attendee engagement, and overall event execution. The event featured expert sessions on GitHub Copilot, Kubernetes, Azure, container security, developer tooling, and AI agents, culminating in a hands-on workshop based on official Microsoft Build content.

Event organization / 06-20-2026

Developer Tools & Frameworks: From CLI to PR - Automating the Path to Merged Code

Delivered a technical session at Build //localhost:Mumbai - The Builder's Edition focused on agentic software engineering and GitHub Copilot workflows. The session demonstrated how GitHub Copilot can function as an engineering partner throughout the development lifecycle, including planning, coding, cloud-assisted development, pull request automation, and code review workflows. Participants explored advanced GitHub Copilot CLI capabilities, context management strategies, and production-ready patterns for AI-assisted software development. And finally finished with the production usage of the GitHub Copilot App

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-20-2026

Workshop Lead – From Zero to Deployed on Azure with AI Agents

Led and facilitated the hands-on workshop "From Zero to Deployed on Azure with AI Agents", based on Microsoft Build content and focused on AI-assisted cloud application development. Participants used GitHub Copilot CLI and coding agents to scaffold, build, debug, and deploy applications to Azure using natural language workflows and modern developer tooling. The workshop provided practical exposure to agentic development patterns, cloud resource provisioning, and AI-driven deployment workflows.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 06-20-2026

Building a Human-AI Curation System: The Bethuya Journey

Authored a technical article documenting the design and implementation of Bethuya, an open-source, human-in-the-loop event curation platform built for developer communities, DevRel teams, and event organizers. The article examines the challenges of managing highly oversubscribed community events and presents a fairness-aware, AI-assisted approach for cohort selection and attendee curation. The post introduces core platform concepts including the Decision Cockpit, fairness budgeting, AI-assisted applicant triage, explainable candidate evaluation, cohort impact simulation, and AI-generated starter cohorts while preserving human decision-making authority. It also explores practical applications of Azure AI Foundry, Aspire orchestration, privacy-first AI architectures, and responsible AI design patterns for community operations.

Blogpost / 06-05-2026

Proposed Detailed AI Credit Consumption Analytics for GitHub App

Submitted a feature request to the GitHub App project proposing enhanced transparency for AI credit usage. The recommendation was to make the AI Credits Usage percentage indicator in the Account Settings page interactive, allowing users to view a detailed breakdown of AI credit consumption rather than only a high-level percentage. The proposal included an itemized usage view showing the repository or project involved, timestamps of activity, and the credit/token consumption associated with each request. The request was motivated by the need for improved observability, cost management, usage auditing, and resource planning for developers using AI-powered features within the GitHub ecosystem after the shift to AI credits in the Copilot Plan

Open source project / 06-01-2026

From Demo to Production: Building Agentic AI with Aspire + Foundry (The Bethuya Journey)

Authored a deep-dive technical article documenting the architectural evolution of Bethuya, an agent-first platform built to support community event planning and operations. The article explores how.NET Aspire and Azure AI Foundry Hosted Agents can be combined to move AI solutions from prototype to production by addressing infrastructure, security, identity, observability, orchestration, and governance concerns. The post presents practical implementation patterns including distributed application orchestration with Aspire, deployment of a Planner agent as a Foundry Hosted Agent, human-in-the-loop governance models, conversation and state management, agent execution boundaries, structured outputs, auditability, and future agent-to-agent (A2A) architectures. It also shares real-world lessons learned while operating community events through the Bethuya platform.

Blogpost / 05-27-2026

Community Bug Report for GitHub Copilot App Embedded Browser Behavior

Contributed to the GitHub App open-source project by identifying and documenting issues affecting the built-in browser experience. The report detailed how automatically launched URLs lost query string parameters and how embedded browser navigation failed to respond to standard left-click interactions. By providing clear observations and real-world developer scenarios, the contribution helps maintainers investigate and improve usability for developers relying on local services, authentication callbacks, and integrated web experiences within the GitHub App. Contributed to the GitHub App open-source project by identifying and documenting issues affecting the built-in browser experience. The report detailed how automatically launched URLs lost query string parameters and how embedded browser navigation failed to respond to standard left-click interactions. By providing clear observations and real-world developer scenarios, the contribution helps maintainers investigate and improve usability for developers relying on local services, authentication callbacks, and integrated web experiences within the GitHub App.

Open source project / 05-26-2026

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