Hey Judy, don’t make it bad
Last week we explained how we greatly reduced the rendering time of our web views by switching our escaping routines from Ruby to C. This speed-up was two-fold: the C…
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News & insights
Resources for developers seeking to stay informed about the latest industry trends, research, and updates from GitHub. Explore research and surveys that delve into various aspects of software development and open source communities—and Octoverse, which provides detailed annual analyses of open source and public projects across GitHub.
Edinburgh Drinkup
We’re sponsoring ScotlandJS in Edinburgh this week, so we thought we’d throw a drinkup. Whether you’re attending the conference, or are part of the local tech community, come on down…
Check the status of your branches
Beginning today, you can head over to your favorite repository’s Branches page and see the build status for the HEAD of each branch. Better yet, the page updates automatically whenever…
Heads up: nosniff header support coming to Chrome and Firefox
Both GitHub and Gist offer ways to view “raw” versions of user content. Instead of viewing files in the visual context of the website, the user can see the actual…
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…
Drinkup in Jyväskylä, Finland
I’m going to be in Jyväskylä, Finland for AgileJkl with @matthewmccullough and @danishkhan. Join us on Tuesday, after the AgileJkl event, at Gastropub Jalo. We’ll be buying your favorite alcoholic…
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…
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…
Get up to speed with Pulse
Today we’re happy to release Pulse. Pulse is a great way to discover recent activity on projects. Maybe you haven’t checked on your favorite repository in a while or you…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
Redesigned merge button
Merging branches on GitHub is already pretty awesome, and today it gets a little bit better with a redesigned merge button. In addition to being easier to read, the new…
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