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May 19

As we continue celebrating #MaintainerMonth, this week we spotlight

@ladyada

, lead engineer and owner of

@adafruit

. Learn more about how Limor believes open source is key to staying competitive.

From her MIT dorm room to an open source hardware factory, @ladyada makes it as easy as possible for anyone to quickly bring their ideas to life.

Limor Fried

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May 19

Ready to explore hundreds of thousands of popular GitHub projects? You’ll be lost without this amazing map from

@anvaka

: anvaka.github.io/map-of-github. Set sail from Clouderra to Vuetopia, travel from Rustland to Kubernation, or spend some time with React Natives 🤩 🗺

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What are the key ingredients for a productive meeting?

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May 18

Check out the rest of our tips over on the blog and find out how to submit your session to #GitHubUniverse. Good luck!

9 tips to go from attendee to speaker at a tech conference | The GitHub Blog

Here’s what you need to know to write a compelling session proposal and get on stage.

4. Have a friend outside of your industry review your content before you submit it. They might not understand the technical language but a fresh perspective is always a good idea.

3. Convey that your topic is best served as a conference session. If it can only work as a blog post, then the content committee likely won’t accept it.

2. Be specific with your key takeaways. What exactly will someone leave your session knowing that they didn’t know before? These should be complete sentences and begin with words such as, “Gain insight into… learn… understand… discover…”

1. Think about your session title like you would the subject line of an email—it needs to grab the attendee quickly and persuade them to read more.

Looking to get your session accepted at a conference this year? Then these tips are for you. 🧵

Check out recent accessibility improvements to help disabled developers build on GitHub and do the best work of their lives.

GitHub celebrates developers with disabilities on Global Accessibility Awareness Day | The GitHub...

GitHub is the home for all developers and on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of disabled developers and recent ships that help them build on...

Our favorite people are developers. We love to make developers happy and productive, and today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we want to celebrate their achievements by sharing some great stories about a few developers with disabilities

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Good communication is key to pair programming. 🗣️ Our machine learning engineers have been working with LLMs to help GitHub Copilot level up its contextual understanding.

How GitHub Copilot is getting better at understanding your code | The GitHub Blog

With a new Fill-in-the-Middle paradigm, GitHub engineers improved the way GitHub Copilot contextualizes your code. By continuing to develop and test advanced retrieval algorithms, they’re working on...

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May 17

They grow up so fast. 😭 Find out what it’s like to work with LLMs from the engineers behind GitHub Copilot and how model improvements over the years have shaped the AI programmer we know and love.

Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot | The GitHub Blog

Developers behind GitHub Copilot discuss what it was like to work with OpenAI’s large language model and how it informed the development of Copilot as we know it today.

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May 17

Always wanted to talk at a tech conference but never get selected? After speaking at 253 different events

@MishManners

has 3 top tips for getting your session accepted.

When faced with accessibility barriers, developer Paul Chiou gets creative, building custom hardware interfaces and innovative software solutions. Read how Chiou works to increase access for all. github.com/readme/feature

The path towards delivering successful outcomes for accessibility is a journey. Like most meaningful change it takes time, a growth mindset, and some trial and error. Our Head of Design shares GitHub's journey so far.

Design's journey towards accessibility | The GitHub Blog

Design can have a significant impact on delivering accessible experiences to our users. It takes a cultural shift, dedicated experts, and permission to make progress over perfection in order to build...

May 17

It's boilerplate - but it's boilerplate we didn't have to type. See the full project at gh.io/mealmetrics-co and stay tuned for the next video, where we create a controller.

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Unlock potential through accessibility: Learn from

@usabilitydoc

how inclusive design empowers everyone.

Dr. Annalu Waller, rehabilitation engineer and Professor of Human Communication Technologies at Dundee University, shares her path to overcoming barriers and empowering others to reach their full p...

Annalu Waller

Interested in sharing your learnings with GitHub’s global community of developers? 💡Apply to be a speaker at #GitHubUniverse! Call for sessions are now open and close on June 7. reg.rainfocus.com/flow/github/un

Don't miss this #MaintainerMonth discussion on

@StoriesOfOSS

podcast! Join

@DuaneOBrien

& host

@juliaferraioli

as they explore the critical human infrastructure of open source. Open source is people and people are open source. #OpenSourceStories

maintainermonth.github.com

Open Source Stories: The critical human infrastructure of open source with Duane O'Brien

Check out this GitHub Maintainer Month event

May 15

What tips do you have for effective collaboration?

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May 14

"There are plenty of open source projects that people generally don’t consider open source because they’re not building a community or making a lot of updates, but open source isn’t just about contributions.”

@rwwmike

writes about contributor relations.

How ‘open’ should your open source be?

Open source isn’t one size fits all. Some is open, some closed, and most is in-between. From Litestream to Lua to Prometheus and more, maintainers explain their reasons for where they lie on the sp...

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Sustain Episode 174: Maintainer Month with Bob Killen & Navendu...

May 13

🎙️ How are you building a sustainable open source community? Listen to a special #MaintainerMonth episode of Sustain where we talk about contributor ladders, mentorship, and the importance of balancing code with community.

podcast.sustainoss.org

Bob talks about the mentoring cohort approach the Kubernetes community has and the value of a defined contributor ladder to recognize and motivate contributors. Navendu tells us about his experience...

How companies are sponsoring OSS with Alyssa Wright, Chad Whitacre &...

May 13

Global Accessibility Awareness Day less than a week away! How are you planning to get involved? Check out accessibility.day to find resources and information to help you address the barriers that may be blocking disabled users in your project.

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This #MaintainerMonth, give back to the open source maintainers who make our lives easier. Tune into this week's

@changelog

episode as they discuss how companies are sponsoring OSS. Featuring

This week we’re celebrating Maintainer Month along with our friends at GitHub. Open source runs the world, but who runs open source? Maintainers. Open source maintainers are behind the software we...

Open vs. control: the paradox of open source.

@scarf_oss

founder

@avi_press

takes a look at the expectations of open source, how the definition has evolved, and when ‘closed to contributions’ is the right move. Tune in to The ReadME Podcast for more.

This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control | The GitHub Blog

Open vs. control: the paradox of open source. We take a look at the expectations of open source, how the definition has evolved, and when ‘closed to contributions’ is the right move. Tune in to the...

Thanks to everyone who celebrated #MaintainerMonth at

@JupyterCon

& #OSSummit this week 🎉 Keep the celebrations going - we have a full month of activities 👉 maintainermonth.github.com #JupyterCon #OSSNA

Allow us to reintroduce

@captainsafia

, maintainer of

@nteractio

, writer, and software engineer. Learn how she maintains her projects with an eye on reducing exclusivity.

Safia’s role as a maintainer is about more than open source—she’s using her power for good, and inspiring other women of color to follow suit.

Safia Abdalla

We’re celebrating Maintainer Month with a spotlight on the Maintainers behind some of your favorite projects! Meet our featured maintainer this week.

Learn how

used GitHub Copilot to build her first browser extension in seven 7️⃣ steps, and find out her three 3️⃣ major takeaways about learning and pair programming in the age of AI. 👩🏾‍💻

How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension | The GitHub Blog

Here’s how, in seven steps, I built my first browser extension with GitHub Copilot—and my three major takeaways about learning and pair programming in the age of AI.

How do you navigate GitHub if you can’t see the screen? Check out the accessibility features within our latest navigation update. We love empowering all developers!

Navigation and search improvements for accessibility | The GitHub Blog

Discover the accessibility features within our new navigation and code search which make it easier to use for many more people.

May 11

Anton uses LLMs to help him write, communicate, code, and even see the bright side of things. Learn his simple tricks for getting the most out of AI as a developer.

Harness the power of generative AI for software development

Large language models and generative AI can boost developers’ productivity and efficiency, but it helps to understand prompt engineering. While AI can appear human, writing to it like a human can b...

We developed an accessibility strategy to address the hundreds of color contrast issues that were present in our Design System.

@lukasoppermann

takes us behind the scenes on this process to make

@GitHub

more inclusive.

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May 11

Here's a behind the scenes writeup on how my team and I iterated on our complex color system using experimentation and automation, to bring greater #accessibility to @GitHub's Primer design system: github.blog/2023-05-11-unl

An example of new colors on GitHub with Primer. There are demonstrations of color contrast improvements in a few sections: default text with accessible hyperlinks, secondary text with additional content and an underline hyperlink, and a hyperlink with icon. There is also a subtle green change in the “comment” button with the text that says “solving hundreds of accessibility issues.

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May 11

GitHub Codespaces offers easy setup, customizable environments, and enhanced security. Find out why it's a must-have for #OpenSource maintainers and how you can get 60 hours of free usage. 🚀 💻

Revolutionize your open source workflows: the top 3 reasons why GitHub Codespaces is a must-have...

GitHub Codespaces is reliable, accessible, and always-ready. Try it out during Maintainer Month and take your projects to new heights!

May 10

"Closed to contributions”?

@rwwmike

discusses how it can align with open source. Plus,

@avi_press

on analytics for maintainers, and Jessica Januik on team chemistry, now on The ReadME Podcast. github.com/readme/podcast

November 8-9. It’s happening. 👉 80+ sessions on AI, security, and developer experience. 📍 In-person in San Francisco or online. 🗓 Save the date: githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=tw

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The latest edition of Game Bytes is here featuring: ‣ game engine news ‣ open source game updates ‣ upcoming game jams ‣ a very unique game of Snake 🐍 ‣ our game jam game of the month! github.blog/2023-05-10-gam

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May 10

Is your company using generative AI yet? 👀 Get the full scoop on how generative AI tools can help you ship better software faster. 🚀