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Drinkup in Firenze, Italy

There are several GitHubbers in Italy and we would like to buy you a drink! Join me, @schacon @brianmario @jdpace @newmerator @aspires @tclem @brntbeer @steveward @lukehefson this Thursday, April 25th…

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Content Security Policy

We’ve started rolling out a new security feature called “Content Security Policy” or CSP. As a user, it will better protect your account against XSS attacks. But, be aware, it…

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Nuremberg Drinkup

@wfarr and myself are in Nuremberg today attending PuppetCamp, and I’d love to share a drink with you and talk tech. Whether you’re in town for the conference or are…

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Escape Velocity

We work very hard to keep GitHub fast. Ruby is not the fastest programming language, so we go to great lengths benchmarking and optimizing our large codebase: our goal is…

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New GitHub Logo

Today we are excited to ship a new iteration of our visual identity: an updated logo, an official mark, and an Octocat that conveys as much character as the Octocats…

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London Drinkup

There are a number of GitHubbers here in London for BACON this week, and it’d be lovely if you could join us tomorrow night for some drinks! The details Saturday,…

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Austin Drinkup

SXSW has come and gone, but Austin’s vibrant tech community remains. Whether you’re in town for Xamarin Evolve or not, join @jspahrsummers, @joshvera, and me Monday night for some drinks,…

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Five years

Five years ago today, @defunkt, @pjhyett, and I gathered in our online chat room and prepared to push a commit to GitHub that would finally mark the public launch of…

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STL File Viewing

Here at GitHub, we’re always excited to see people using GitHub to collaborate on all sorts of things, code or non-code. Today, we’re adding a third dimension by making it…

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Kalamazoo Drinkup

Join me Saturday, April 13, at the awesome Bell’s Brewery (yes, that Bell’s) for a night of drinks, friends, and GitHubbery. If you’re in town for Kalamazoo X then you’re…

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Dublin Drinkup

There’s a litter of GitHubbers in Dublin this week for Brio and Úll (like really a LOT) so help us mark GitHub’s 5th BIRTHDAY with a pint or two (on…

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Salt Lake City Drinkup

There are a handful of Hubbernauts in attendance at this year’s Mountainwest RubyConf in Salt Lake City — @bkeepers, @jnewland, @rodjek, and myself. Tonight we’re welcoming all conference attendees to…

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The GitHub Data Challenge II

There are millions of projects on GitHub. Every day, people from around the world are working to make these projects better. Opening issues, pushing code, submitting Pull Requests, discussing project…

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