Build a game this November with Game Off 2022
Save the date! Game Off returns on November 1 for it’s 10th year! 🎉 ⌘ Read more

Unboxing fork improvements and unwrapping fork docs
We’re always trying to improve the GitHub developer experience in meaningful ways, and we love learning from our customers. In the last several months we released several new fork capabilities, and we’re publishing revised fork documentation that gives more details with clearer explanations to make fork concepts easier to understand. ⌘ Read more

Improving navigation for GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions changed how developers automate workflows with GitHub. Today, we’re introducing a new navigation to manage your GitHub Actions experience, improving discoverability and accessibility as well as opening up future feature opportunities. ⌘ Read more

Control Dev Environments Better with Hardened Desktop (and More!)
Find out about the latest features in Docker Desktop 4.13, including Hardened Desktop, Docker Extensions Categories, and improvements to Dev Environments. ⌘ Read more

How to Fix and Debug Docker Containers Like a Superhero
While containers help developers rapidly build and run cross-platform applications, creating error-free apps remains a constant challenge. And while it’s not always obvious how container errors occur, this mystery is even harder for newer developers to unravel. Figuring out how to debug Docker containers can seem daunting. In this Community All-Hands session, Ákos Takács demonstrated how […] ⌘ Read more

Git security vulnerabilities announced
Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially when cloning with –recurse-submodules from untrusted repositories, or if you use git shell interactive mode. ⌘ Read more

Introducing fine-grained personal access tokens for GitHub
Fine-grained personal access tokens offer enhanced security to developers and organization owners, to reduce the risk to your data of compromised tokens. ⌘ Read more

Git security vulnerabilities announced
Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially when cloning with `–recurse-submodules` from untrusted repositories, or if you use `git shell` interactive mode. ⌘ Read more

GitHub at the 77th United Nations General Assembly
Read about how the GitHub Social Impact, Tech for Social Good and Policy teams participated in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, including events we hosted with the World Health Organization and the UN Development Programme. ⌘ Read more

5 tips for embedding security into your workflows
Having a robust security plan is key to innovation. These tips will empower you to gain the upper hand on cyberattacks, so you can ship quickly and innovate with ease. ⌘ Read more

OSI’s Deep Dive is an essential discussion on the future of AI and open source
GitHub is sponsoring Open Source Initiative’s Deep Dive: AI because we think it’s important for the community to unpack how open source software, process, and principles can help best deliver on the promise of AI. ⌘ Read more

Introducing GitHub Advanced Security SIEM integrations for security professionals
Learn about using GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) alerts with Security Information and Events Management (SIEM) tools. Check out the integrations, and read more about getting started. ⌘ Read more

9 Tips for Containerizing Your Node.js Application
Over the last five years, Node.js has maintained its position as a top platform among professional developers. It’s an open source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment designed to maximize throughput. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient — perfect for data intensive, real-time, and distributed applications.  With over 90,500 stars […] ⌘ Read more

State of Application Development Survey: Tell Us How You Develop!
Welcome to the first annual Docker State of Application Development survey! Please help us deepen our knowledge of the developer community with 20 minutes of your time. We want to know where developers are focused in 2023 so we can make sure our products continue to serve you effectively. Your participation helps us to build […] ⌘ Read more

The Story of Scalar
New to Git v2.38, Scalar is a built-in repository manager for large repos. Here, we’ll tell the story of how Scalar went from a rough VFS for Git successor to a fully-integrated Git tool, with all of the engineering lessons learned in the process. ⌘ Read more

The GitHub Universe 2022 agenda is live
Explore 80+ content sessions delivered by over 120 different speakers, across two days and four content tracks, all designed to level up your skills. ⌘ Read more

On the go with GitHub Projects on GitHub Mobile (public beta)
Stay connected and up to date on your work with GitHub Projects on GitHub Mobile, now in public beta. ⌘ Read more

Developers are now included in the WIPO Global Innovation Index
We’re excited that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched the 2022 edition of its Global Innovation Index (GII) with an indicator of developer creative outputs based on GitHub commits. ⌘ Read more

GitHub’s supply chain security features now support Dart
Cross-platform apps built with the popular Flutter toolkit can now benefit from Dependabot alerts. ⌘ Read more

js13kGames 2022 winners 🏆
The eleventh annual js13kGames coding competition, challenging participants to create games in 13kB or less of JavaScript in a month, just wrapped up. This post highlights the top thirteen entries. ⌘ Read more

Detect secrets in your code more accurately with dry runs for custom patterns now available in GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how you can seamlessly define trusted custom secret patterns to detect secrets unique to your organization with GitHub Advanced Security. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Availability Report: September 2022
In September, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. We also experienced one incident resulting in significant impact to Codespaces. We are still investigating that incident and will include it in next month’s report. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in August and an incident that impacted Actions in August. ⌘ Read more

Working on a creative project? Unleash your originality and start to tinker with the Aspiring Creatives Experience
Develop your design and collaboration skills to get your clever intentions off the ground. ⌘ Read more

How to Use the Postgres Docker Official Image
Check out our guide on how to use the Postgres Docker Official Image, including options for customization and data storage tips. ⌘ Read more

Two ways you can experience GitHub Universe
GitHub Universe is back and more robust than ever, with two great ways to engage with everything this global developer event has to offer. ⌘ Read more

Expand your open source contributions during Hacktoberfest 2022
Give back to open source projects during the month of October! This year, we’re encouraging more than code contributions: writing, design, advocacy, and financial donations. ⌘ Read more

Highlights from Git 2.38
Another new release of Git is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.38. ⌘ Read more

GitHub supports internet freedom and global availability in Iran
Access to the open internet is essential to defending human rights, and developers have an important role in promoting freedom of expression and transparency. GitHub is committed to keeping Iranians connected to the global developer community. ⌘ Read more

After the offer: staying in tech long-term
Tech can be a tricky industry (to say the least). We talked with three tech professionals who share why they stay, what has helped them the most, and the power of switching things up. ⌘ Read more

Simplified Deployment of Local Container Images to OpenShift
Learn about some exciting new capabilities coming out for the OpenShift Docker Extension in this special guest post from Red Hat. ⌘ Read more

Best practices on rolling out code scanning at enterprise scale
Learn best practices on how to roll out centrally managed, developer-centric application security with a third party CI/CD system like Jenkins or ADO. ⌘ Read more

September 2022 Newsletter ⌘ Read more

September Extensions Roundup: Test APIs, Use Oracle SQLcl, and More
Find out what’s new this month in the Docker Extension Marketplace! Access InterSystems, test APIs, use Oracle SQLcl, and backup/share volumes — right from Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more

Creating Kubernetes Extensions in Docker Desktop
Learn what it takes to create Kubernetes Extensions in Docker Desktop! In this guest blog, James Spurin recounts how he created the k9s Docker Extension. ⌘ Read more

Meet the GitHub Campus Experts selected for the fall 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
Three new Campus Experts are joining the fall 2022 batch of the MLH Fellowship to work with open source maintainers and get real-world experience. ⌘ Read more

Tillitis Key 1
The secret project I’ve been mentioning in my gemlog is out!

This week we presented the Tillitis Key 1 at the Open Source Firmware\
Conference (OSFC). What we unveiled is a new kind of USB security
stick and a new company, a sister company to Mullvad VPN: Tillitis.

The stick is a small computer that can load and run small programs
uploded to it from a host computer. It always measures … ⌘ Read more

GitHub for Startups is generally available
We’re launching GitHub for Startups to give your startup the tools needed to go from idea to unicorn status on the world’s largest developer platform. ⌘ Read more

Security alert: new phishing campaign targets GitHub users
On September 16, GitHub Security learned that threat actors were targeting GitHub users with a phishing campaign by impersonating CircleCI to harvest user credentials and two-factor codes. While GitHub itself was not affected, the campaign has impacted many victim organizations. ⌘ Read more

Applications for micro-mentoring at GitHub Universe 2022 are now live
Students have the opportunity to connect with GitHub employees at GitHub Universe 2022 through Micro-Mentoring sessions hosted by GitHub Social Impact. ⌘ Read more

The ReadME Project: Built for you!
The ReadME Project & Podcast evolve with community expert voices and topics to stoke discussion about the culture and craft of software development. ⌘ Read more

Why we signed the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy
As the home for developers, we understand the key role our communities play in steering digital transformation and maintaining societal infrastructure. That’s why we choose to drive and support policies and initiatives like the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy. We’re committed to working with like-minded organizations, governments, and civil society to make digital technologies work for democracy and human rights, … ⌘ Read more

Transform your software engineering practices with GitHub Enterprise
Go beyond knowing GitHub as the home of open source and explore how GitHub Enterprise can help you transform your software engineering organization and practices. ⌘ Read more

“If you don’t make it beautiful, it’s for sure doomed”: putting the Vault in GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault
GitHub this month installed a massive steel vault, etched with striking AI-generated art, deep within an Arctic mountain, finalizing its Arctic Code Vault. This vault contains the 188 reels of hardened archival film which will preserve the 02/02/202 snapshot of every active public GitHub repository for 1,000 years. It also now includes a … ⌘ Read more

Bring Continuous Integration to Your Laptop With the Drone CI Docker Extension
Continuous Integration (CI) is a key element of cloud native application development. With containers forming the foundation of cloud-native architectures, developers need to integrate their version control system with a CI tool.  There’s a myth that continuous integration needs a cloud-based infrastructure. Even though CI makes sense for production releases, developers need to build … ⌘ Read more

Meet the GitHub Campus Experts selected for the fall 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
Three new Campus Experts are joining the fall 2022 batch of the MLH Fellowship to work with open source maintainers and get real-world experience. ⌘ Read more

5 steps to convince your boss to send you to GitHub Universe
Here are some actionable tips on how to ask your manager to send you to GitHub Universe this year—with a free template included! ⌘ Read more

5 tips for prioritizing Dependabot alerts
Dependabot alerts can give you the ability to secure your project by keeping dependency-based vulnerabilities out of your code. Here are some tips to more efficiently prioritize and take action on your alerts, so you can get back to building. ⌘ Read more

Announcing Docker Hub Export Members
Find out how Docker Business admins can export members to track their utilization of Docker and audit Docker usage. ⌘ Read more

Kubernetes in Production Environments
Follow along as we chat about this week’s Dear Moby question! What’s the best way to develop if your production environment runs Kubernetes? ⌘ Read more

How we tripled max concurrent jobs to boost performance of GitHub Actions
The GitHub Actions team has done lots of work to improve the performance and resource consumption of Actions on GHES in the past year. ⌘ Read more

Clarifying Misconceptions About Web3 and Its Relevance With Docker
This blog is the first in a two-part series. We’ll talk about the challenges of defining Web3 plus some interesting connections between Web3 and Docker. Part two will highlight technical solutions and demonstrate how to use Docker and Web3 together. We’ll build upon the presentation, “Docker and Web 3.0 — Using Docker to Utilize Decentralized […] ⌘ Read more

8 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Copilot
Developers all over the world are using GitHub Copilot to help speed up their development and increase developer productivity. With GitHub Copilot available to developers everywhere, we’ve found some fun and useful examples of how developers can use GitHub Copilot for things you may not be thinking about. ⌘ Read more

Back Up and Share Docker Volumes with This Extension
You can now back up volumes with the new Volumes Backup & Share extension. Find out how it works in this post! ⌘ Read more

What is the Best Container Security Workflow for Your Organization?
Find the best container security workflow for your company with these key takeaways from DockerCon. We’ll cover mindset, structure, toolsets, and more. ⌘ Read more

Scaling Git’s garbage collection
A tour of recent work to re-engineer Git’s garbage collection process to scale to our largest and most active repositories. ⌘ Read more

Four Ways Docker Boosts Enterprise Software Development
David Balakirev, Regional CTO at Adnovum, describes how they show the benefits of container technology based on Docker. ⌘ Read more

Containerizing a Slack Clone App Built with the MERN Stack
The MERN Stack is a fast growing, open source JavaScript stack that’s gained huge momentum among today’s web developers. MERN is a diverse collection of robust technologies (namely, Mongo, Express, React, and Node) for developing scalable web applications — supported by frontend, backend, and database components. Node, Express, and React even ranked highly among most-popular […] ⌘ Read more

Join GitHub at the Grace Hopper Celebration 2022
We’re thrilled to be back at the Grace Hopper Celebration at Open Source Day, the largest celebration of women in open source. Stop by and say hi at one of our workshops. ⌘ Read more

Gear-up and unlock the newest GitHub Global Campus features
Calling all students and teachers! With semester change coming soon, now is the time to start using the latest features within GitHub Education and Global Campus! ⌘ Read more

new blog post: PSA about data privacy, please read

SCA vs SAST: what are they and which one is right for you?
We’re taking a look at two commonly-used security tools and detailing how they can help secure your projects. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Copilot now available for teachers
After a year in technical preview, GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer, is now free for all teachers verified on GitHub Global Campus. ⌘ Read more

How to Use the Alpine Docker Official Image
Learn how to Dockerize Alpine for your next application or server with our guide on how to use the Alpine Docker Official Image. ⌘ Read more

Research: open source software in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico
Read the new GitHub report on OSS in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico. Available now in English, and in Spanish and Arabic later this year. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Availability Report: August 2022
In August, we experienced one incident resulting in significant impact to Codespaces. We’re still investigating that incident and will include it in next month’s report. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in July. ⌘ Read more

Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness
When the GitHub Copilot Technical Preview launched just over one year ago, we wanted to know one thing: Is this tool helping developers? Our research, using a combination of surveys and experiments, led us to expected and unexpected answers. ⌘ Read more

Join us for OctogatosConf 2022
Live on September 15, 2022, with talks by industry experts in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, on topics including software development, security, technical project management, community, open source, professional development and best practices. ⌘ Read more

In Case You Missed It: Docker Community All-Hands
Get highlights the 6th Docker Community All-Hands, including the latest releases, best practices, and links to all of the talks on YouTube. ⌘ Read more

Contributing to open source at GitHub
A software engineer’s personal journey to becoming an open source contributor. ⌘ Read more

short blog post about onyx and building software tools for everybody

Release Radar · August 2022 Edition
We’ve been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022 and our community has been launching cool projects left right and center.  These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of the open source projects that released major version updates this August. Read more about these projects in […] ⌘ Read more

Docker Captain Take 5 — Sebastien Flochlay
Meet one of our newest Docker Captains! Sebastien is a Co-Founder of Stack Labs with a passion for creating helpful Docker trainings and resources. ⌘ Read more

How to Colorize Black & White Pictures With OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu Containers
Ever wanted to learn how to colorize monochrome pictures? You can use OpenVINO on Ubuntu containers to do just that! Learn more from our friends over at Ubuntu. ⌘ Read more

Git’s database internals V: scalability
This fifth and final part of our blog series exploring Git’s internals shows several strategies for scaling your Git repositories that match related database sharding techniques. ⌘ Read more

Integrated Terminal for Running Containers, Extended Integration with Containerd, and More in Docker Desktop 4.12
Docker Desktop 4.12 is now live! This release brings some key quality-of-life improvements to the Docker Dashboard. We’ve also made some changes to our container image management and added it as an experimental feature. Finally, we’ve made it easier to find useful Extensions. Let’s dive in. Execute commands in a runn … ⌘ Read more

The Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program has a new look!
Learn about the latest updates to the Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program. This announcement covers the new benefits being added and what’s staying the same! ⌘ Read more

Extending Docker’s Integration with containerd
Discover the containerd integration with Docker, what this means for current users, and future roadmap items to anticipate! ⌘ Read more

GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code. ⌘ Read more

Git’s database internals IV: distributed synchronization
We’re examining Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. This post views Git as a distributed database and looks into its synchronization techniques, specifically ‘git fetch’ and ‘git push’. ⌘ Read more

What you can expect at GitHub Universe 2022: cloud, security, community, and AI
Register now to attend GitHub Universe virtually or in-person at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on November 9-10. ⌘ Read more

August 2022 Newsletter ⌘ Read more

Git’s Database Internals III: File History Queries
Git’s file history queries use specialized algorithms that are tailored to common developer behavior. Level up your history spelunking skills by learning how different history modes behave and which ones to use when you need them. ⌘ Read more

How to Build and Run Next.js Applications with Docker, Compose, & NGINX
At DockerCon 2022, Kathleen Juell, a Full Stack Engineer at Sourcegraph, shared some tips for combining Next.js, Docker, and NGINX to serve static content. With nearly 400 million active websites today, efficient content delivery is key to attracting new web application users. In some cases, using Next.js can boost deployment efficiency, accelerate time to market, […] ⌘ Read more

How to Set Up Your Local Node.js Development Environment Using Docker
Learn how to set up a local Node.js development environment using Docker with this step-by-step guide! ⌘ Read more

Git’s database internals II: commit history queries
This post explores Git commit history as a database where ‘git log’ is the query language. Learn about Git’s custom query index – the commit-graph file – and how to make sure it’s enabled in your repositories. ⌘ Read more

Git’s database internals I: packed object store
This blog series will examine Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. Part I discusses how Git stores its data in packfiles using custom compression techniques. ⌘ Read more

new blog post - I review Tales of Arise and include a secret boss fight video

3 ways every company can get started with an open-source software strategy
The future of software development does not exist without open source. However, to maintain today’s software and create the software of the future, the largest organizations and beneficiaries of open source need to expand their collaboration with the community and help it grow. ⌘ Read more

Community All-Hands Q3: What We’ll Cover
Our 6th quarterly Community All-Hands is almost here! Get the inside scoop on what we’ll cover and how to sign up. ⌘ Read more

Keeping your skillset fresh as a developer
Whether you’re committing 30 minutes or 3 hours a day to learning, consistency is key. Klint Finley asks 3 tech professionals at different stages in their career for more advice. ⌘ Read more

How to Develop and Deploy a Customer Churn Prediction Model Using Python, Streamlit, and Docker
Customer churn is a million-dollar problem for businesses today. The SaaS market is becoming increasingly saturated, and customers can choose from plenty of providers. Retention and nurturing are challenging. Online businesses view customers as churn when they stop purchasing goods and services. Customer churn can depend on industry-specific factors, y … ⌘ Read more

Introducing Trilogy: a new database adapter for Ruby on Rails
We’ve open sourced Trilogy, the database adapter we use to connect Ruby on Rails to MySQL-compatible database servers. ⌘ Read more

Open Source Monthly: August 2022 Edition
This month’s featured open source project, Open Sauced, connects contributors and maintainers through analytical insights. ⌘ Read more

The full lineup for Git Merge 2022 revealed
We are pleased to announce the full lineup of talks and workshops for this year’s Git Merge conference in Chicago. 17 talks, 3 workshops, 1 panel, and some great company! ⌘ Read more

GitHub Discussions is now available on GitHub Enterprise Server
As part of GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6, enterprise customers will now be able to use GitHub Discussions. ⌘ Read more

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6 is now generally available
GitHub Discussions and Audit Log Streaming, new automation features, and security enhancements are available now in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6. ⌘ Read more

2022 Transparency Report: January to June
We’re reporting on a six-month period rather than annually to increase our level of transparency. For this report, we’ve continued with the more granular reporting we began in our 2021 reports. ⌘ Read more

The next step for LGTM.com: GitHub code scanning!
Today, GitHub code scanning has all of LGTM.com’s key features—and more! The time has therefore come to announce the plan for the gradual deprecation of LGTM.com. ⌘ Read more

We’ve barreled past the microblog line and flew straight over the e-mail chain line. This is just social blogging.