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Support for GitHub CLI extensions has been expanded with new authorship tools and more ways to discover and install custom commands. Learn how to write powerful extensions in Go and find new commands to install.

New GitHub CLI extension tools | The GitHub Blog

What’s your authentication strategy? 🔒 Explore a couple different options for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. ☁️

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Functional programming, the role of open source in game dev and much, much more—check out the last episode of The ReadME Podcast. Stay tuned for our next episode coming this Tuesday.

Tune in to The ReadME Postcast to hear @JoeyPrink discuss the future of virtual reality, learn how open source is making game development more accessible, and more:

Let the games begin

In software development, we often neglect security, but it's vital. That’s why we’re highlighting Metasploit -- the world’s most used penetration testing framework. We'll chat with

@zeroSteiner

on twitch.tv/github on Jan 13 at 1 pm ET. RSVP: tinyurl.com/osfriday

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New this week: Project events in your Issue and Pull Request timelines + Issue Form updates 👀 github.blog/changelog/2023

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How are you keeping your software secure this year? GitHub Advanced Security? That's what we like to hear. youtu.be/DA_WbNRFPT0

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Jan 12

Welcome to a quiet(er) place. Dependabot now pauses pull request activity for inactive repos so you can focus on what matters most.

A smarter, quieter Dependabot | The GitHub Blog

Dependabot is getting a little smarter—and, a little quieter—by reducing bot-based noise from repositories based on your interaction with Dependabot.

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Jan 11

Managing passwords can feel overwhelming. What if they leak? 😨 What if you need to update them? 😖 But, what if we told you that it's possible to deploy without passwords? 🤩 Find out how!

Passwordless deployments to the cloud | The GitHub Blog

Discovering passwords in our codebase is probably one of our worst fears. But what if you didn’t need passwords at all, and could deploy to your cloud provider another way? In this post, we explore...

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Jan 11

With required workflows and configuration variables, you no longer have to spend hours securing your DevOps processes. Learn more about these new additions to GitHub Actions.

Introducing required workflows and configuration variables to GitHub Actions | The GitHub Blog

Now, you can standardize and enforce CI/CD best practices across all repositories in your organization to reduce duplication and secure your DevOps processes.

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Jan 10

This trick will help you get around GitHub web so much faster! Let us know your best GitHub tip, trick or hacks that make your life easier. ✨

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Jan 10

Now available for all users, category forms make it easy to create templates for Discussions, which means you can start new Discussions with all the necessary information already included. It's a game-changer for maintainers and users alike!

GitHub Discussions just got better with Category Forms! | The GitHub Blog

Category Forms allow maintainers to create templates for their GitHub Discussions, which means that users can start new discussions with all the necessary information already included.

Jan 9

We want to make it easy to develop secure software. You can already enable secret scanning and Dependabot in just one click. Now, we're extending that capability to code scanning with the new default setup option. Find out how you can get started.

Default setup: A new way to enable GitHub code scanning | The GitHub Blog

Default setup is a new way to automatically set up code scanning on your repository, without the use of a .yaml file.

Your GitHub year in review - 10 fun ways to visualize your contributions

Jan 9

Our latest article over on

@thepracticaldev

features 10 fun ways to visualize your contributions. How did your 2022 look?

dev.to

Love 'em or loathe 'em, GitHub contribution graphs are often a great way to help share a story....

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If you’re looking to launch an innersource program at your company, don’t expect a “big bang,” says KPMG’s

@lstolyarov

. Start small, and work with teams interested in experimenting.

Working across borders to achieve more

If you’re looking to launch an innersource program at your company, don’t expect a “big bang,” says KPMG’s @lstolyarov. Start small, and work with teams interested in experimenting:

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Far from dead, the perpetually-popular language is up to speed and ready for the future.

Don’t call it a comeback: Why Java is still champ

Java has been declared dead many times—and yet, it’s still going strong, undergoing what some might call a renaissance from both a technology and ecosystem perspective. Learn more on The ReadME Pro...

' advice—publish your work to increase your luck.

Publishing your work increases your luck

In 12 months, @aarondfrancis changed his life by bypassing fear and embracing risk. Now, he’s working his dream job @tuple. Get his full story on The ReadME Project:

Take a deep dive into functional programming and how it's finding its way into more codebases.

Functional programming is finally going mainstream

With origins that stretch back to the late 1950s, functional programming might seem dated—but it can be a boon for growing teams working with large codebases. Read more from @klintron:

Did your software make it to Mars? Check out how open source helped power NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter.

Open Source on Mars: Community powers NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter

Could your software have made it to Mars? See how open source from around the world helped NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter fly.

There’s a new crop of tools helping developers keep code on the backend–and for certain applications this is definitely ideal. Read how and why.

Move over JavaScript: Back-end languages are coming to the front-end

A new crop of tools is helping developers build web UI components on the backend—no JavaScript required!

Looking for a Sunday read? Get that ☕️ ready, we're bringing you 5 of the most popular long reads of 2022 on The ReadME Project. 🧵

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Find out the answer and many more language stats here:

octoverse.github.com

The top programming languages

Explore the top programming languages on GitHub—and what languages are growing the fastest.

How many primary languages were used to build software on GitHub in 2022?

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Almost 500
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Almost 400
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You should be your best advocate. Make sure you document your wins.

Brag now, remember later: Document your accomplishments

When you think of your “wins,” what comes to mind? Do you have a healthy mix of qualitative and quantitative results? @indigitalcolor has tips to document your success:

How to build an internal database of information that is tailored to your individual learning style and can be quickly referenced and re-used to act as a second brain.

Your future self will thank you: Building your personal documentation

Leaving “knowledge breadcrumbs” for yourself can be a great way to increase efficiency. @indigitalcolor shares some handy ways:

Making sure you are regularly documenting your wins with a level of detail and perspective that only you can provide—looking at the benefits of public documentation.

How to hone your new superpower: teaching

Your new superpower: teaching. And it’s not as scary as it sounds. Let @indigitalcolor explain:

How to use code as documentation to save time and share context.

Using code as documentation to save time and share context

Your new superpower: teaching. And it’s not as scary as it sounds. Let @indigitalcolor explain:

We have a 4-part series on documentation from

@indigitalcolor

to help you, your colleagues and your open source collaborators. First up...

Want your colleagues and your future self to thank you? Then this 🧵is for you.

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First place in #GitHubGameOff’s Theme Interpretation category was Everything! (but the kitchen sink) featuring a collection of fast-paced mini-games based on real-life popular idioms. Play: chroute.itch.io/everything-but Source: github.com/chroute/GameOf

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First place in #GitHubGameOff’s Innovation category was Knight In Shining Armour - a puzzle platformer that’s just a ray of light! Play: manicmoleman.itch.io/knight-in-shin Source: github.com/marc-jones/gam

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First place in #GitHubGameOff’s Gameplay category was A Taste Of Their Own Medicine - a super hot game with an interesting take on shooting! Play: loko-606.itch.io/a-taste-of-the Source: github.com/LOKO606/ATaste

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First place in #GitHubGameOff’s Audio category was Shot In The Dark - an atmospheric game with a unique way of illuminating the world. Play: cavetowerstudios.itch.io/shot-in-the-da Source: github.com/cavetower/Shot

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First place in #GitHubGameOff’s Graphics category was Glutton for Punishment taking place in a beautiful-but-beastly pixel art world. Play: lehaine.itch.io/glutton-for-pu Source: github.com/LeHaine/ggo2022

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The votes are in! First place overall in this year’s #GitHubGameOff was Neon Square: Resurgence - a tricky platformer with a twist! Play: pixelbrain.itch.io/neon-square-re Source: github.com/pixel-brain/Ga

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When did you know you wanted to be a software engineer or work in tech? For Avi Press, the aha moment came in college while studying to become a doctor.

Fueled by the versatility of computer science, @avi_press learned by doing, then started a company to help clear the roadblocks he ran into. Get his full story on The ReadME Project:

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⚡ We're supercharging URLs in Projects with deep link support for project READMEs and the item side-panel. Now it's easier than ever to share your project and a specific item with just one link! github.blog/changelog/2023

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