GitHub Innovation Graph Q2 2023 Data Release
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q2 2023 data for the Innovation Graph.

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Empowering Data-Driven Development: Docker’s collaboration with Snowflake and Docker AI Advancements
Learn how Docker, in collaboration with Snowflake, introduces an enhanced level of developer productivity when you leverage the power of Docker Desktop, Docker AI, and Snowpark Container Services. ⌘ Read more

Beyond the deadline: What I learned from a recent taskforce experience
The taskforce I was part of the last weeks is finally done! The deadline for the production deployment was met and today also a knowledge transfer took place. I’m happy to not have to fear weekend work or do overtime in the evening anymore, and hopefully return to a more regular workload again. ⌘ Read more

Cueing up a calculator: an introduction to exploit development on Linux
Using CVE-2023-43641 as an example, I’ll explain how to develop an exploit for a memory corruption vulnerability on Linux. The exploit has to bypass several mitigations to achieve code execution.

The post Cueing up a calculator: an introduction to exploit development on Linux appeared first … ⌘ Read more

How we’re experimenting with LLMs to evolve GitHub Copilot
Learn how we’re experimenting with generative AI models to extend GitHub Copilot across the developer lifecycle.

The post How we’re experimenting with LLMs to evolve GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Announcing Builds View in Docker Desktop GA
Now generally available, the Builds view feature in Docker Desktop provides detailed insight into your build performance and usage. ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.26: Rosetta, PHP Init, Builds View GA, Admin Enhancements, and Docker Desktop Image for Microsoft Dev Box
The Docker Desktop 4.26 release delivers the latest breakthroughs in Rosetta for Docker Desktop optimization and boosts developer productivity by solving common issues such as Node.js freezes and PHP segmentation faults. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Reimplementing Technical Debt with State Machines
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, mastering the art of managing complexity is a skill every developer and manager alike aspires to attain. One powerful tool that often remains in the shadows, yet holds the key to simplifying intricate systems, is the humble state machine. Let’s get started.

State machines can be seen as models that represent system behaviour. Much like a flowchart on steroids, these … ⌘ Read more

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.11 is now generally available
Customers using GitHub Enterprise Server can gain more insight and understanding into the security of their code.

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Addressing post-quantum cryptography with CodeQL
Learn how researchers and security experts at GitHub, Microsoft, and Santander came together to address the challenges presented by the post-quantum cryptography world.

The post Addressing post-quantum cryptography with CodeQL appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Announcing the Docker AI/ML Hackathon 2023 Winners
Learn about the winners of the recent Docker AI/ML Hackathon, which encouraged participants to build innovative solutions with Docker technology. ⌘ Read more

The ultimate gifts for the developer in your life this holiday season
If you’re on the hunt for the perfect holiday gifts for the developer who has it all, look no further. We’ve curated a list of 10 must-have items (plus a few more) that strike the perfect balance between practicality and style.

The post [The ultimate gifts for the developer in your life this holiday season](https://github.blog/2023-12-04-the-ultimate-gifts-for-the-developer-in-your-life-this-holid … ⌘ Read more

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On my blog: Developer Diary, Impeachment of Samuel Chase (Intro) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/12/04/chase.html #programming #project #devjournal

logs/blog: notes on the year’s events; garden/gamedev: chaos awakening synopsis updated

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — A Vessel for Offering, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/12/02/vessel-offering-2.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/27 to 12/01 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/12/01/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

“HTML compression on popular websites”
Danny van Kooten did an interesting experiment and checked the top 10 thousand websites whether they are compressing their HTML. About 8% of them do not apply any kind of compression, resulting in many terabytes of unnecessary transmitted data, not helping to save energy. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2023
Hello! I’m Piotr from Erlang Solutions Poland and I have the pleasure of saving Christmas this year with the power of Erlang for you!

This is the second time we participate in the amazing event called the Advent of Code. Last year’s edition was solved by my colleague Aleksander and as far as I know – many of you enjoyed following his efforts. I hope you’ll like my tale of helping S … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Suddenly Human https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/30/suddenly-human.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

My November ‘23 in Review
It’s that time of the month again for a new recap. November has passed, so let’s see what happened in the last 30 days… ⌘ Read more

From the pages of our Insider newsletter: How to use GitHub Copilot
Explore July’s Insider newsletter, featuring prompts, tips, and use cases for GitHub Copilot.

The post From the pages of our Insider newsletter: How to use GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review
The GitHub Security Lab examined the most popular open source software running on our home labs, with the aim of enhancing its security. Here’s what we found and what you can do to better protect your own smart home.

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NixOS 23.11 released

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Hey everyone, we are figsoda and Ryan Lahfa,
the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 23.11 “Tapir”.

This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2024-06-30).

• [Relea … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: More Openfire plugin maintenance releases!
Following the initial batch of Openfire plugin releases that we did last week, another few have been made available!

Version 1.0.1 of the Spam Blacklist plugin was released. This plugin uses an external blocklist to reject traffic from specif … ⌘ Read more

I captured the first real snow this winter this morning ❄️ ⌘ Read more

Neat.. Gitea cloud for a hosted alternative to github and gitlab. https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-cloud/

Neat.. Gitea cloud for a hosted alternative to github and gitlab. https://blog.gitea.com/gitea-cloud/

Yesterday, I used a rental car to avoid problems with Deutsche Bahn. Today, trying to do another trip with DB, the train is 50 minutes delayed. Karma? 🙃 Or it’s the weather again, DB’s infrastructure isn’t working well at temperatures below 0 °C. 🤷‍♂️ ⌘ Read more

yaxim: Planned downtime + Happy 10th anniversary, yax.im!
Our Android XMPP client yaxim was created in 2009. A decade later,
we celebrated its round birthday.
To make the user
experience more straightforward, we launched the
yax.im public XMPP service
in November 2013, to become the default server in yaxim. Now, ten years later,
it’s time to recap and to upgrade the hosting infrastructure.

Ignite Realtime Blog: New Openfire plugin: Reporting Account Affiliations
I’m excited to announce a new Openfire plugin: the Reporting Account Affiliations Plugin!

This plugin implements a new prototype XMPP extension of the same name.

To quote the specification:

In practice, a server may not trust all accounts equally. For example, if a server offers anonymous access or open registration, it … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Berners Street https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/27/berners.html #programming #project #devjournal

Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.4.7 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.7. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.7, check out Smack’s changelog

As with the last release, 4.4,6, parts of the release where driven by feedback from the Jitsi folks.

Due to SMACK-927, we had to change the behavior of a certain kind of incoming stanzas listeners, namely the ones added with XMPPCo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/smack-4-4-7-released/93357)

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — A Vessel for Offering, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/25/vessel-offering-1.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/20 to 11/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Brothers https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/23/brothers.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Ignite Realtime Blog: External Service Discovery plugin 1.0.2 released!
Version 1.0.2 of the External Service Discovery plugin has been released!

This Openfire plugin allows your users to use external STUN and TURN services, optionally making use of temporary credentials for those services. It often is a prerequisite for being able to set up audio or video calls with Openfire.

This version brings better compatibility with TURN services other than those implemented by CoTur … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net the new product was GPTs. A way to create tailored bots for specific use cases. https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts (fun fact: I did an internal hackathon where we made something like this for $work onboarding. And I won a prize!)

The competed project is poe https://quorablog.quora.com/Introducing-creator-monetization-for-Poe which is basically the same idea. Make a AI bot tailored to a specific domain of knowledge. And monitize it.

The timing fits very well as openAI announced it just a few weeks ago.

@prologic@twtxt.net the new product was GPTs. A way to create tailored bots for specific use cases. https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts (fun fact: I did an internal hackathon where we made something like this for $work onboarding. And I won a prize!)

The competed project is poe https://quorablog.quora.com/Introducing-creator-monetization-for-Poe which is basically the same idea. Make a AI bot tailored to a specific domain of knowledge. And monitize it.

The timing fits very well as openAI announced it just a few weeks ago.

For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute
For Good First Issue is a curated list of open source projects that are also digital public goods and need the help of developers.

The post For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing:

Automatic relational schema creation and update.

Previously, if you were using ejabberd with an external relational database, you might have to manually apply some schema changes that come with new features when you upgrade to a new ejabberd release. ejabberd can now handle this schema upgrade automat … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire plugin maintenance release galore!
After I performed a release of an Openfire plugin yesterday, @akrherz apparently had a ‘hold-my-beer’ moment, and apparently went through all of our plugins source repositories, creating maintenance releases for pretty much every one of them that had outstanding changes.

Wow!

As I do not believe we’re doing anyone a favor with 16 individual blog posts, I have com … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: REST API Openfire plugin 1.10.2 released!
Earlier today, we have have performed a maintenance release for the REST API plugin for Openfire. In this release, version 1.10.2, we have made a warning in documentation more visible. This is aimed at reducing confusion around installation with Openfire 4.7.5.

Also in this release a translation into Ukrainian, gracefully provided by community member Yurii Savchuk (svais) and his son Vladislav Savchuk (Bruhmozavr)!

Th … ⌘ Read more

Highlights from Git 2.43
The last Git release of 2023 is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.43.

The post Highlights from Git 2.43 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, Día de la Revolución https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/20/revolucion.html #programming #project #devjournal

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Homestuck, part 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/18/homestuck-3.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/13 to 11/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 beta release!
It is exciting to be able to announce the immediate availability of the beta release of Openfire 4.8.0!

It has been 667 days ago since we released the 4.7.0. That was the last time that a release was made from the same source code branch. And, that shows: we have closed almost 180 issues against this release! I’ll reserve the details for a blogpost on the 4.8.0 (non-beta) release, but some of the highlights are:

• We’ve dropped support for Jav … ⌘ Read more

Sam Whited: Software is Political

I recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly ( FOSSY)
conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track.
Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also
gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use
as a universal standardized chat protocol.
The closing remarks were written … ⌘ Read more

Accelerating Developer Velocity with Microsoft Dev Box and Docker Desktop
We’re pleased to announce our partnership with the Microsoft Dev Box team to streamline developer onboarding, environment set-up, security, and administration with Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Family https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/16/family.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Security best practices for authors of GitHub Actions
Improve your GitHub Action’s security posture by securing your source repository, protecting your maintainers, and making it easy to report security incidents.

The post Security best practices for authors of GitHub Actions appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Universe’s key takeaway: Innovate better with AI-powered workflows on a single, unified platform
Discover new AI-powered features and tools to help developers stay in the flow and organizations innovate at scale.

The post [Universe’s key takeaway: Innovate better with AI-powered workflows on a single, unified platform](https://github.blog/2023-11-15-universes-key-takeaway-innovate-better-with-ai-powered-workflows-on-a-single-unified-pla … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Loop
It looks like Microsoft cloned Notion and calls it “Loop”. ⌘ Read more

The Livecycle Docker Extension: Instantly Share Changes and Get Feedback in Context
Livecycle’s Docker Extension makes it easy to share your work in progress and collaborate with your team. We provide step-by-step instructions to get started. ⌘ Read more

Completed my second Freeletics Hell Week and with it my second training journey! 💪 ⌘ Read more

GitHub Availability Report: October 2023
In October, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

The post GitHub Availability Report: October 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

How JW Player Secured 300 Repos in an Hour with Docker Scout
For companies like JW Player, whose core business revolves around streaming, content, and infrastructure, security must be a priority without slowing down delivery or affecting operations. Learn how JW Player uses Docker to help meet such challenges, including how JW Player enabled more than 300 repositories for Docker Scout within just one hour. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, World Kindness Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/13/kindness.html #programming #project #devjournal

Today, while being in the second home over the weekend, I finally installed the 5G router setup (ZTE MC801A + GL.iNet Beryl AX). Now my home server (staying in this flat because it has a good place here) is behind a cellular 5G connection. There’s running nothing important on it, but let’s see how reliable this new setup will work over a longer period. Today so far all works fine. And if there will be problems, I still have a few months time to find solutions. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Homestuck, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/11/homestuck-2.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/06 to 11/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2023 recipients 🎉
The GitHub Awards recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions and achievements in the developer community, honoring individuals, projects, and organizations for their impactful work, innovation, thought leadership, and creating an outsized positive impact on the community.

The post Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2023 recipients 🎉 appeared first on [The … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Best of Both Worlds Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/09/best-both-worlds-part-2.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Achieve Security and Compliance Goals with Policy Guardrails in Docker Scout
We show how Docker Scout policies enable teams to identify, prioritize, and fix their software quality issues at the point of creation. ⌘ Read more

LLM Everywhere: Docker for Local and Hugging Face Hosting
We show to use the Hugging Face hosted AI/ML Llama model in a Docker context, which makes it easier to deploy advanced language models for a variety of applications. ⌘ Read more

Colin just reminded me, that it’s the third GoBlog birthday of this blog! I am still genuinely content with it, despite the apparent loss of my blogging momentum since then. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: The Power of Green Coding: Erlang and Elixir Leading the Charge
In the era of the green revolution, industries across the board are gravitating towards sustainable solutions. The software realm is no exception, striving for efficient code that optimises resource utilisation. This not only conserves energy but also minimises the environmental impact of server farms and data centres. Leading the charge in this green coding initiative are Erlang and Elixir.

These two languages, both runn … ⌘ Read more

Building Trusted Content with GitHub Actions
As part of our continued efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain and increase trust in the container images developers create and use every day, Docker has begun migrating its Docker Official Images (DOI) builds to the GitHub Actions platform. Leveraging the GitHub Actions hosted, ephemeral build platform enables the creation of secure, verifiable images with provenance and SBOM attestations signed using OpenPubkey and the GitHub … ⌘ Read more

Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform
GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.

The post [Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform](https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered- … ⌘ Read more

Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how open source activity around AI, the cloud, and Git are changing the developer experience.

The post Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Introducing AI-powered application security testing with GitHub Advanced Security
Learn about how GitHub Advanced Security’s new AI-powered features can help you secure your code more efficiently than ever.

The post Introducing AI-powered application security testing with GitHub Advanced Security appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

My default apps and services in late 2023
To join another trend, here’s my list of default apps and services in late 2023. ⌘ Read more

I quickly played with OpenAI’s new Text-To-Speech model to check if it’s an alternative to Google’s API. And wow! English is fantastic and even German is not bad. Just some syllables in German have a weird English accent. But even then, it’s still good. But sadly, it’s also a bit costly. Let’s wait a few months until it gets cheaper and better, and you can enjoy my blog’s “Read aloud” feature even more. 😉 ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, IDPEEWAC https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/06/idpeewac.html #programming #project #devjournal

On subscriptions 💸
Manuel Moreale, Kev Quirk and some others (in response to them) listed their subscriptions and what and why they are paying for them. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Homestuck, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/04/homestuck-1.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/30 to 11/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/03/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Season 3, TNG https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/11/02/ng-season-3.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Leveraging AI to empower all developers at GitHub Universe 2023
GitHub Universe 2023 is just around the corner! Join us and learn how GitHub is leveraging AI to empower all developers, including developers with disabilities.

The post Leveraging AI to empower all developers at GitHub Universe 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Celebrating the first round of GitHub Accelerator and what’s next
Celebrate the maintainers of the first GitHub Accelerator cohort, learn what they have been up to since, and hear what’s next for GitHub Accelerator.

The post Celebrating the first round of GitHub Accelerator and what’s next appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: The Future Trends of Sustainability in Programming Software

Future sustainability changes are now impacting almost every sector worldwide, and both the wider tech sector and programming as a profession aren’t exempt from this trend. As everyone continues to … ⌘ Read more

GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Are you ready?

The post GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at GitHub in 2023
We expanded diversity of our employee base, launched several new employee engagement programs, made investments to improve accessibility, and more.

The post Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at GitHub in 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

My October ‘23 in Review
Another month has come and gone, time to take a look back. ⌘ Read more

Introducing the GitHub transparency center
It’s time for our biannual transparency report, where we share how we approach content moderation and disclosure of user information. This year, we’re introducing the transparency center, a new platform for our transparency reporting data.

The post Introducing the GitHub transparency center appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

The last week was really rainy, so I didn’t leave the flat much. And now walking at sunset time, everything looks so pretty. ⌘ Read more

Almost a full yearly cycle since my first post. The leaves are starting to get colorful again. 🍂 ⌘ Read more

Release Radar · Hacktoberfest 2023 Edition
As Hacktoberfest comes to a close, you still have a day or so left to complete and submit your pull requests. If you’re struggling to think of projects to contribute to, our picks below might help you. This edition of the Release Radar covers a few projects that shipped major version updates this August and […]

The post Release Radar · Hacktoberfest 2023 Edition appeared first on [The GitHub Blog](https://github.bl … ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.25: Enhancements to Docker Desktop on Windows, Rosetta for Linux GA, and New Docker Scout Image Analysis Settings
The Docker Desktop 4.25 release supports the GA of Rosetta for Linux, a feature that furthers the speed and productivity that Docker Desktop brings. We’ve also optimized the installation experience on Windows and simplified Docker Scout image analysis settings in this latest Docker Desktop release. ⌘ Read more

The architecture of today’s LLM applications
Here’s everything you need to know to build your first LLM app and problem spaces you can start exploring today.

The post The architecture of today’s LLM applications appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Developer Diary, …Victims of Political Repressions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/10/30/repression.html #programming #project #devjournal

Hackable Halloween games MMXXIII
13 spooktacular games plus source code for readers to jam on.

The post Hackable Halloween games MMXXIII appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Read this interesting retro about discords migration path from Mongo to Cassandra to now ScyllaDB.

https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages

Read this interesting retro about discords migration path from Mongo to Cassandra to now ScyllaDB.

https://discord.com/blog/how-discord-stores-trillions-of-messages

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Duelyst https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/10/28/duelyst.html #freeculture #bookclub

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/23 to 10/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/10/27/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Demystifying LLMs: How they can do things they weren’t trained to do
Explore how LLMs generate text, why they sometimes hallucinate information, and the ethical implications surrounding their incredible capabilities.

The post Demystifying LLMs: How they can do things they weren’t trained to do appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Developers are the first group to adopt AI at work. Here’s why that matters.
From starting at GitHub over 10 years ago as a developer to becoming the Chief Operating Officer, I’ve learned that developers are often bellwethers for change across the rest of their organizations. That makes investing in—and learning from—them critical.

The post [Developers are the first group to adopt AI at work. Here’s why that matters.](https://github.blog/2023-10-27-developers-ar … ⌘ Read more