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- AI & ML
  Learn about artificial intelligence and machine learning across the GitHub ecosystem and the wider industry.
  - Generative AI
    Learn how to build with generative AI.
  - GitHub Copilot
    Change how you work with GitHub Copilot.
  - LLMs
    Everything developers need to know about LLMs.
  - Machine learning
    Machine learning tips, tricks, and best practices.
- How AI code generation works
  Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation and how it can improve your developer experience.
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- Developer skills
  Resources for developers to grow in their skills and careers.
  - Application development
    Insights and best practices for building apps.
  - Career growth
    Tips & tricks to grow as a professional developer.
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    Improve how you use GitHub at work.
  - GitHub Education
    Learn how to move into your first professional role.
  - Programming languages & frameworks
    Stay current on what’s new (or new again).
- Get started with GitHub documentation
  Learn how to start building, shipping, and maintaining software with GitHub.
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Engineering
- Engineering
  Get an inside look at how we’re building the home for all developers.
  - Architecture & optimization
    Discover how we deliver a performant and highly available experience across the GitHub platform.
  - Engineering principles
    Explore best practices for building software at scale with a majority remote team.
  - Infrastructure
    Get a glimpse at the technology underlying the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform.
  - Platform security
    Learn how we build security into everything we do across the developer lifecycle.
  - User experience
    Find out what goes into making GitHub the home for all developers.
- How we use GitHub to be more productive, collaborative, and secure
  Our engineering and security teams do some incredible work. Let’s take a look at how we use GitHub to be more productive, build collaboratively, and shift security left.
  Learn more
Enterprise software
- Enterprise software
  Explore how to write, build, and deploy enterprise software at scale.
  - Automation
    Automating your way to faster and more secure ships.
  - CI/CD
    Guides on continuous integration and delivery.
  - Collaboration
    Tips, tools, and tricks to improve developer collaboration.
  - DevOps
    DevOps resources for enterprise engineering teams.
  - DevSecOps
    How to integrate security into the SDLC.
  - Governance & compliance
    Ensuring your builds stay clean.
- GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants
  Learn why Gartner positioned GitHub as a Leader for the second year in a row.
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News & insights
- News & insights
  Keep up with what’s new and notable from inside GitHub.
  - Company news
    An inside look at news and product updates from GitHub.
  - Product
    The latest on GitHub’s platform, products, and tools.
  - Octoverse
    Insights into the state of open source on GitHub.
  - Policy
    The latest policy and regulatory changes in software.
  - Research
    Data-driven insights around the developer ecosystem.
  - The library
    Older news and updates from GitHub.
- Unlocking the power of unstructured data with RAG
  Learn how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to capture more insights.
  Learn more
Open Source
- Open Source
  Everything open source on GitHub.
  - Git
    The latest Git updates.
  - Maintainers
    Spotlighting open source maintainers.
  - Social impact
    How open source is driving positive change.
  - Gaming
    Explore open source games on GitHub.
- An introduction to innersource
  Organizations worldwide are incorporating open source methodologies into the way they build and ship their own software.
  Learn more
Security
- Security
  Stay up to date on everything security.
  - Application security
    Application security, explained.
  - Supply chain security
    Demystifying supply chain security.
  - Vulnerability research
    Updates from the GitHub Security Lab.
  - Web application security
    Helpful tips on securing web applications.
- The enterprise guide to AI-powered DevSecOps
  Learn about core challenges in DevSecOps, and how you can start addressing them with AI and automation.
  Learn more

Categories

AI & ML
- AI & ML
  Learn about artificial intelligence and machine learning across the GitHub ecosystem and the wider industry.
  - Generative AI
    Learn how to build with generative AI.
  - GitHub Copilot
    Change how you work with GitHub Copilot.
  - LLMs
    Everything developers need to know about LLMs.
  - Machine learning
    Machine learning tips, tricks, and best practices.
- How AI code generation works
  Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation and how it can improve your developer experience.
  Learn more
Developer skills
- Developer skills
  Resources for developers to grow in their skills and careers.
  - Application development
    Insights and best practices for building apps.
  - Career growth
    Tips & tricks to grow as a professional developer.
  - GitHub
    Improve how you use GitHub at work.
  - GitHub Education
    Learn how to move into your first professional role.
  - Programming languages & frameworks
    Stay current on what’s new (or new again).
- Get started with GitHub documentation
  Learn how to start building, shipping, and maintaining software with GitHub.
  Learn more
Engineering
- Engineering
  Get an inside look at how we’re building the home for all developers.
  - Architecture & optimization
    Discover how we deliver a performant and highly available experience across the GitHub platform.
  - Engineering principles
    Explore best practices for building software at scale with a majority remote team.
  - Infrastructure
    Get a glimpse at the technology underlying the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform.
  - Platform security
    Learn how we build security into everything we do across the developer lifecycle.
  - User experience
    Find out what goes into making GitHub the home for all developers.
- How we use GitHub to be more productive, collaborative, and secure
  Our engineering and security teams do some incredible work. Let’s take a look at how we use GitHub to be more productive, build collaboratively, and shift security left.
  Learn more
Enterprise software
- Enterprise software
  Explore how to write, build, and deploy enterprise software at scale.
  - Automation
    Automating your way to faster and more secure ships.
  - CI/CD
    Guides on continuous integration and delivery.
  - Collaboration
    Tips, tools, and tricks to improve developer collaboration.
  - DevOps
    DevOps resources for enterprise engineering teams.
  - DevSecOps
    How to integrate security into the SDLC.
  - Governance & compliance
    Ensuring your builds stay clean.
- GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants
  Learn why Gartner positioned GitHub as a Leader for the second year in a row.
  Learn more
News & insights
- News & insights
  Keep up with what’s new and notable from inside GitHub.
  - Company news
    An inside look at news and product updates from GitHub.
  - Product
    The latest on GitHub’s platform, products, and tools.
  - Octoverse
    Insights into the state of open source on GitHub.
  - Policy
    The latest policy and regulatory changes in software.
  - Research
    Data-driven insights around the developer ecosystem.
  - The library
    Older news and updates from GitHub.
- Unlocking the power of unstructured data with RAG
  Learn how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to capture more insights.
  Learn more
Open Source
- Open Source
  Everything open source on GitHub.
  - Git
    The latest Git updates.
  - Maintainers
    Spotlighting open source maintainers.
  - Social impact
    How open source is driving positive change.
  - Gaming
    Explore open source games on GitHub.
- An introduction to innersource
  Organizations worldwide are incorporating open source methodologies into the way they build and ship their own software.
  Learn more
Security
- Security
  Stay up to date on everything security.
  - Application security
    Application security, explained.
  - Supply chain security
    Demystifying supply chain security.
  - Vulnerability research
    Updates from the GitHub Security Lab.
  - Web application security
    Helpful tips on securing web applications.
- The enterprise guide to AI-powered DevSecOps
  Learn about core challenges in DevSecOps, and how you can start addressing them with AI and automation.
  Learn more

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Andrea Griffiths

Senior Developer Advocate

@AndreaGriffiths11

Andrea is a Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub with over a decade of experience in developer tools. She combines technical depth with a mission to make advanced technologies more accessible. After transitioning from Army service and construction management to software development, she brings a unique perspective to bridging complex engineering concepts with practical implementation. She lives in Florida with her Welsh partner, two sons, and two dogs, where she continues to drive innovation and support open source through GitHub’s global initiatives. Find her online @acolombiadev.

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What’s new with GitHub Copilot coding agent

GitHub Copilot coding agent now includes a model picker, self-review, built-in security scanning, custom agents, and CLI handoff. Here’s what’s new and how to use it.

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How AI is reshaping developer choice (and Octoverse data proves it)

AI is rewiring developer preferences through convenience loops. Octoverse 2025 reveals how AI compatibility is becoming the new standard for technology choice.

How to use GitHub Copilot Spaces to debug issues faster

Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to debug your issues using GitHub Copilot Spaces and Copilot coding agent.

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“The local-first rebellion”: How Home Assistant became the most important project in your house

Learn how one of GitHub’s fastest-growing open source projects is redefining smart homes without the cloud.

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Level up design-to-code collaboration with GitHub’s open source Annotation Toolkit

Prevent accessibility issues before they reach production. The Annotation Toolkit brings clarity, compliance, and collaboration directly into your Figma workflow.

How to find, install, and manage MCP servers with the GitHub MCP Registry

Learn how to bring structure and security to your AI ecosystem with the GitHub MCP Registry, the single source of truth for managing and governing MCP servers.

How GitHub Copilot and AI agents are saving legacy systems

GitHub Copilot and AI agents are making legacy COBOL systems accessible to modern developers.

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GitHub Copilot CLI: How to get started

Discover how to use GitHub Copilot directly in the terminal. From cloning a repository to opening a pull request, here’s how to streamline your workflow with Copilot CLI.

A step-by-step guide to modernizing Java projects with GitHub Copilot agent mode

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot agent mode to modernize legacy Java projects with guided upgrades, automated fixes, and cloud-ready migrations.

5 ways to integrate GitHub Copilot coding agent into your workflow

Already know the basics of GitHub Copilot coding agent? Here are five ways to offload chores, tackle tech debt, and keep your workflow moving fast.

How to use GitHub Copilot on github.com: A power user’s guide

Explore how to use GitHub Copilot on github.com to automate tasks, assign agents, prototype ideas, and streamline your entire workflow — all without an IDE.

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Rediscovering joy in learning: Jason Lengstorf on the state of development

We sit down with Jason Lengstorf on the GitHub Podcast, where he shares his perspective on education, AI, open source, and more.

A practical guide on how to use the GitHub MCP server

Upgrade from a local MCP Docker image to GitHub’s hosted server and automate pull requests, continuous integration, and security triage in minutes — no tokens required.

Understand your software’s supply chain with GitHub’s dependency graph

The GitHub dependency graph maps every direct and transitive dependency in your project, so you can identify risks, prioritize fixes, and keep your code secure.

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GitHub Copilot Spaces: Bring the right context to every suggestion

Learn how to build your first space in minutes and customize Copilot to match your team’s unique coding style and workflows.

Developer skills

The difference between coding agent and agent mode in GitHub Copilot

We’ll decode these two tools—and show you how to use them both to work more efficiently.