How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
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.
This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control
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 latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more.
Navigation and search improvements for accessibility
Discover the accessibility features within our new navigation and code search which make it easier to use for many more people.
Unlocking inclusive design: how Primer's color system is making GitHub.com more inclusive
How Primer’s updated light and dark theme color contrast strategy resolved hundreds of color-contrast-related accessibility issues over one thousand use cases.
Revolutionize your open source workflows: the top 3 reasons why GitHub Codespaces is a must-have for maintainers
GitHub Codespaces is reliable, accessible, and always-ready. Try it out during Maintainer Month and take your projects to new heights!
Game Bytes · May 2023
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!
Latest posts
How companies are boosting productivity with generative AI
Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software.
How to fix a ReDoS
Code scanning detects ReDoS vulnerabilities automatically, but fixing them isn’t always easy. This blog post describes a 4-step strategy for fixing ReDoS bugs.
Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories.
How we work: inclusive retrospectives for the GitHub Accessibility leadership team
Learn about tools and processes the GitHub Accessibility leadership team uses for retrospectives that fully engage every team member.
Engineering
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
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 companies are boosting productivity with generative AI
Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software.
Web Summit Rio 2023: Building an app in 18 minutes with GitHub Copilot X
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke demonstrated the power of GitHub Copilot X live on stage.
GitHub Availability Report: April 2023
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into three March incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Community
This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control
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 latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more.
Revolutionize your open source workflows: the top 3 reasons why GitHub Codespaces is a must-have for maintainers
GitHub Codespaces is reliable, accessible, and always-ready. Try it out during Maintainer Month and take your projects to new heights!
Game Bytes · May 2023
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!
Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories.
Trending stories
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How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
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.
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GitHub Copilot X: The AI-powered developer experience
GitHub Copilot is evolving to bring chat and voice interfaces, support pull requests, answer questions on docs, and adopt OpenAI’s GPT-4 for a more personalized developer experience.
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We updated our RSA SSH host key
At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.
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Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories.
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How to build a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions in four simple steps
A quick guide on the advantages of using GitHub Actions as your preferred CI/CD tool—and how to build a CI/CD pipeline with it.
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Unlocking inclusive design: how Primer's color system is making GitHub.com more inclusive
How Primer’s updated light and dark theme color contrast strategy resolved hundreds of color-contrast-related accessibility issues over one thousand use cases.
Product
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
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.
Navigation and search improvements for accessibility
Discover the accessibility features within our new navigation and code search which make it easier to use for many more people.
Unlocking inclusive design: how Primer's color system is making GitHub.com more inclusive
How Primer’s updated light and dark theme color contrast strategy resolved hundreds of color-contrast-related accessibility issues over one thousand use cases.
Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories.
Web Summit Rio 2023: Building an app in 18 minutes with GitHub Copilot X
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke demonstrated the power of GitHub Copilot X live on stage.
Dependabot relieves alert fatigue from npm devDependencies
A new alert rules engine for Dependabot leverages alert metadata to identify and auto-dismiss up to 15% of alerts as false positives.
Security
How to fix a ReDoS
Code scanning detects ReDoS vulnerabilities automatically, but fixing them isn’t always easy. This blog post describes a 4-step strategy for fixing ReDoS bugs.
Push protection is generally available, and free for all public repositories
Announcing the general availability of push protection–a feature that proactively prevents secret leaks in your public and private repositories.
Manage your application security stack effectively with the tool status page
Code scanning’s tool status gives you a bird's eye view of your application security stack, allowing you to quickly confirm everything is working, or troubleshoot any tool in your application security arsenal.
Dependabot relieves alert fatigue from npm devDependencies
A new alert rules engine for Dependabot leverages alert metadata to identify and auto-dismiss up to 15% of alerts as false positives.
Git security vulnerabilities announced
A new set of Git releases were published to address a variety of security vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Take a look at GitHub’s view of the latest round of releases.
Private vulnerability reporting now generally available
Open source maintainers and security researchers embrace a new best practice to report and fix vulnerabilities.
Introducing npm package provenance
How to verifiably link npm packages to their source repository and build instructions.
Open Source
This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control
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 latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more.
Revolutionize your open source workflows: the top 3 reasons why GitHub Codespaces is a must-have for maintainers
GitHub Codespaces is reliable, accessible, and always-ready. Try it out during Maintainer Month and take your projects to new heights!
Game Bytes · May 2023
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!
How companies are boosting productivity with generative AI
Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software.
How to fix a ReDoS
Code scanning detects ReDoS vulnerabilities automatically, but fixing them isn’t always easy. This blog post describes a 4-step strategy for fixing ReDoS bugs.
Enterprise
How companies are boosting productivity with generative AI
Explore how generative AI coding tools are changing the way developers and companies build software.
Building a culture of innovation in your business with GitHub
Consider the typical software development practices in an organization. Projects are commonly closed, and causes friction across engineering teams. But open source communities work asynchronously, openly, remotely and at global-scale. What if our internal teams could reuse those same practices?
GitHub Availability Report: April 2023
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into three March incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Education
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
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.
Building a more inclusive GitHub Global Campus
Every student and teacher deserves the same access to GitHub Education offerings. We’ve enlisted GitHub’s Accessibility team to help identify areas for improving inclusivity.
Build a secure code mindset with the GitHub Secure Code Game
Writing secure code is as much of an art as writing functional code, and it is the only way to write quality code. Learn how our Secure Code Game can provide you with hands-on training to spot and fix security issues in your code so that you can build a secure code mindset.
Policy
GitHub joins industry commitment to curb cyber mercenaries
GitHub is proud to join 40 companies endorsing the Cybersecurity Tech Accord principles limiting offensive operations in cyberspace.
Partnering with EU policymakers to ensure the Cyber Resilience Act works for developers
We’re looking forward to working with policymakers to improve cybersecurity and support developers.
Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate
Developers are at the heart of our online world and at the forefront of creating solutions for global challenges, working to make the software that underpins our digital infrastructure more secure, reliable, and safe.
Company
Unlocking inclusive design: how Primer's color system is making GitHub.com more inclusive
How Primer’s updated light and dark theme color contrast strategy resolved hundreds of color-contrast-related accessibility issues over one thousand use cases.
How we work: inclusive retrospectives for the GitHub Accessibility leadership team
Learn about tools and processes the GitHub Accessibility leadership team uses for retrospectives that fully engage every team member.
Shaping the GitHub of the future as COO
GitHub is driving the future of software development and, after 10 years as a Hubber, I’m more energized than ever as I take on the role of COO to help bring our vision to life.