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Mar 22

GitHub Copilot is already helping developers code faster in their IDEs. But what’s next? Our answer is GitHub Copilot X. It’s our vision for the future of AI-powered software development. Check it out ⬇️

GitHub Copilot X: The AI-powered developer experience | The GitHub Blog

GitHub Copilot is evolving to bring chat and voice interfaces, support pull requests, answer questions, and adopt OpenAI's GPT-4.

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Developers lose hours with framework issues, looking up syntax and writing boilerplate code 😨 These tasks break flow, reduce satisfaction, slow velocity and increase churn 📉 Fortunately, GitHub Copilot can help! 😎

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How climate friendly is your code? Our experts share advice and practical tools for understanding your impact, as well as steps you can take today to reduce your carbon footprint, in this month’s The ReadME Project Q&A. gh.io/AAjpnus

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The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the open source community: the maintainers, developers, and teams whose contributions move the world forward every day.

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HubSpot senior engineer,

@wunderacle

was tracing down an error in a library when GitHub Copilot helped to shine a light on the exact bug he was looking for. He shares the story in this Video Guide:

Find edge case errors in your code base

GitHub Copilot not only increases developer efficiency and reduces boilerplate code, it can help find edge case errors in your code base—just ask HubSpot software engineer Claudio Wunder.

Machine learning may have started in academia, but today, it’s being driven by open source.

@mikiobraun

leads us through that journey and the different kinds of OSS projects that exist today.

The unique origins of open source in machine learning

With the help of open source, machine learning has grown far beyond its academic roots. Understanding this history can help navigate the technology’s complex contemporary landscape.

Become a force multiplier for your teams and organization with these tips from

@rynchantress

How to put the plus in ‘staff+’ engineer

Whether you’re already a staff+ engineer or you’re looking to advance, here’s how to be a force multiplier for your teams and organization

Lisa Vanderschuit set goals for finding more clarity, focus, and agency in her work. See how you can do the same with GitHub Projects.

Help your team sustain a healthy work-life balance

In a search for clarity, focus, and agency in day-to-day work, GitHub Projects helped Shopify’s Lisa Vanderschuit manage resources and build a more sustainable work-life balance with her team.

Learn how to be a great staff+ engineer, discover edge case errors in your code base, or hear about how FOSS has helped democratize machine learning—all in our latest Guides series on The ReadME Project.

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There's been a lot of buzz around generative AI lately. But what exactly is it, and what does it mean for developers? 🤔 Check out this blog post to learn more the power of generative AI and how it's changing the way we work.

What developers need to know about generative AI | The GitHub Blog

Generative AI has been dominating the news lately—but what exactly is it? Here’s what you need to know, and what it means for developers.

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Game Bytes highlights the latest news and releases from the world of #gamedev and #opensource. This month we feature a stellar couch game, a flight sim / racing game for the truly elite, red hot RTS games, unique roguelikes, upcoming game jams, and more!

Game Bytes · April 2023 | The GitHub Blog

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

A Beginner's Guide to Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot

Have you heard of prompt engineering? 🤔 💭 It's the practice of giving AI models specific instructions to get results you want.

@blackgirlbytes

shows us how this improved her experiences with GitHub Copilot in a recent

@thepracticaldev

post.

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When I started using GitHub Copilot and other generative AI tools, I felt frustrated because I wasn't...

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We're making it fast and easy to update your table items ⚡️ Our Issues & Projects changelog this week brings you bulk editing on tables! github.blog/changelog/2023

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See how we've matured from taking months to migrate from our custom fork of #RubyonRails to a newer stable release to now upgrading in under a week thanks a thorough test suite, great testing environments, and progressive rollout deploys.

Building GitHub with Ruby and Rails | The GitHub Blog

Since the beginning, GitHub.com has been a Ruby on Rails monolith. Today, the application is nearly two million lines of code and more than 1,000 engineers collaborate on it daily. We deploy as often...

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Apr 6

Get AI-generated answers about documentation including questions about the languages, frameworks, and technologies a given project is using with GitHub Copilot for Docs. 🌟 Sign up for the waitlist today: githubnext.com/projects/copil

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In his latest post,

sheds light on a patching problem in Pixel 6 (GHSL-2023-005) that can leave your device vulnerable to a variant of CVE-2022-38181, enabling malicious apps to gain root access. Read 👉 gh.io/pwn-pixel6

How GitHub’s tooling and resources are uniquely designed for develo...

Apr 6

This and many more insights were shared by

@tgrall

at last week's #GitHubGalaxy. Catch up on demand now.

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GitHub's platform allows developers to collaborate on code using a wide range of tools and integrations that reduce friction in their day to day workflows. W...

💡 Did you know that GitHub Copilot suggestions are based on the context of your IDE? Not just the file you're currently working on, but also other files open in the IDE are used to provide more context, and influence the suggestions.

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Enterprise accounts enable you to manage and scale your users and organizations. Find out how you can access all the newest and best features within the platform.

Bring your enterprise together with enterprise accounts for all | The GitHub Blog

With enterprise accounts for all, your organization can take advantage of all that GitHub Enterprise has to offer, from GitHub Actions and GitHub Advanced Security, to Copilot.

How important has mentorship been in your career in tech?

Never been mentored
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Hasn't helped me much
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Small but important
20.1%
It's been foundational
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Journey to the Cloud with GitHub

If you want to get the scoop on why customers like Block and Blue Yonder love GitHub Enterprise Cloud, join us for a live webinar session! Get the details and save your spot here:

resources.github.com

On April 13, we’re excited to have you join us to learn all about GitHub Enterprise Cloud from our very own users, Blue Yonder and Block.

Check out the latest Availability Report with updates on GitHub status during March.

GitHub Availability Report: March 2023 | The GitHub Blog

In March, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into a February incident that resulted in degraded performance for...

Automation is critical to accelerating delivery, maintaining quality, and delivering value to your users. But silos across your business can prevent effective collaboration. Find out how GitHub can help you ship consistently. 🚀

Building organization-wide governance and re-use for CI/CD and automation with GitHub Actions | The...

Many of us are aware of the benefits that a strong focus on automation can bring, particularly in our development workflow and DevOps lifecycle. But silos across businesses can lead to duplication of...

Be productive on the go. GitHub Projects is now available on GitHub Mobile. Never miss a milestone and keep track of your project from almost anywhere in the world. If you don't have GitHub Mobile, download it today 👇 github.com/mobile

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Many data centers already run on sustainable energy. What else can developers do to write climate-friendly code? Learn more here. ⬇️ gh.io/AAjpnus

Apr 4

We're committed to making open source work sustainable for all. Find out what's new 🆕 with GitHub Sponsors and how you can help make careers in open source possible. github.blog/2023-04-04-wha

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Apr 3

📣 Calling all open source maintainers 📣 We're building a private space for maintainers to connect with peers, preview features, and learn from each other. Read on to see how you can request an invitation! 👉

Calling all open source maintainers | The GitHub Blog

We are building a private space for maintainers to connect with peers, preview features, and learn from each other!

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Apr 3

Looking to level up how you monitor and report? A high-quality audit log is your essential enterprise tool.

Level up monitoring and reporting for your enterprise | The GitHub Blog

A high-quality audit log is an essential tool for enterprises to ensure compliance, maintain security, investigate issues, and promote accountability.

Apr 3

Create a new issue from any comment on GitHub with this tip! 💡#githubtipsandtricks

’s work in open source led him to developing AfroPython and the realization that the best way to help others is to take care of yourself first. 4/4

Working from Porto Alegre, Brazil, @felipedemorais_ prioritizes his health to best support his family and those in need on open source. Get his full story on The ReadME Project:

Felipe de Morais

maintains

and abides by the mindset to “move intentionally and fix things.” 3/4

From building a popular N*SYNC fan site to creating the collaborative, inclusive @SelfDefinedApp, @TatianaTMac’s story is now on The ReadME Project:

Tatiana Mac

Meet

, co-maintainer of Tern and advocate of applying for the job even when you don’t think you’re 100% qualified. 2/4

Participating in open source can be overwhelming, tricky, even scary. But @rosejudge5 has a way to unlock any open source anxiety and dive in:

Rose Judge

Ready for your weekly dose of insight, inspiration, and innovation? Catch up on three developers working to move open source forward. 1/4

🤔 Want to be more efficient? Join us on Wednesday, April 5 for "GitHub in my day job". Our experts will show you how GitHub can help you streamline your development cycles and enhance your overall productivity. 💡 gh.io/dayjob/s1e1

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Mar 31

And that’s a wrap for #GitHubGalaxy! We hope you walked away from day 3 with fresh ideas for how to improve the developer experience by simplifying your tech stack and increasing collaboration. Thanks for joining us! galaxy.github.com/?utm_source=tw

👀 Did you play the Secure Code Game yet? 🎉🔒 a FREE, hands-on training simulating what you do on a daily basis. Start playing now at gh.io/securecodegame 🎮 Read more at gh.io/blog-securecod

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We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started. See how you can get started.

An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere | The GitHub Blog

We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.

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Mar 31

Recent changes to CodeQL’s data flow and taint tracking libraries for C++ will improve the experience for custom query authors and enable better precision in some of our standard queries. Find out how to enable them for your custom queries.

Improvements to CodeQL’s data flow library for C++ | The GitHub Blog

These changes will improve the experience for custom query authors and enable better precision in some of our standard queries. Learn how to enable them for your custom queries.

Mar 30

How are you encouraging cross-team collaboration in your organization? Tomorrow on our final day of #GitHubGalaxy, we’ll be showing you the tools that will help you supercharge your team’s workflows and improve productivity from day one. 👉 galaxy.github.com/?utm_source=tw

Management isn’t the only way to advance your tech career.

@rynchantress

details how “staff+” engineers can shape empowering, collaborative cultures that drive everyone toward the right goals.