New Status Site
We just launched a new status.github.com. Downtime is important Even if you’re shooting for five nines — 99.999% uptime — you’re still going to have to account for five minutes…
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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.
Network problems last Friday
On Friday, November 30th, GitHub had a rough day. We experienced 18 minutes of complete unavailability along with sporadic bursts of slow responses and intermittent errors for the entire day.…
Sydney Drinkup
For the last stop of the YOW! circuit we’ll have four hubbers in Sydney this week. @barrbrain, @holman, @rodjek, and myself are organizing a drinkup. You should drop by. When…
Tidying up after Pull Requests
At GitHub, we love to use Pull Requests all day, every day. The only trouble is that we end up with a lot of defunct branches after Pull Requests have…
Brisbane Drinkup
@holman and I are in Brisbane for the second stop of YOW!. When This Monday, December 3 — tomorrow! — at 8:30pm. Where The Plough Inn Tavern at Building 29,…
Game Off Deadline Extended
The GitHub Game Off is coming to an end. There are almost 1337 forks and a ton of great looking games already. The judges can’t wait to dive in! We’ve…
GitHub Drinkup in Las Vegas
If you’re recovering from the AWS re: Invent conference or are just looking to start your Friday night in Vegas off the right way, join @jdpace and @shayfrendt for drinks…
html-pipeline: Chainable Content Filters
Ever wondered how to get emoji, syntax highlighting, custom linking, and markdown to play nice together? HTML::Pipeline is the answer.
Denver Drinkup
Following the Denver Public Git Workshop, @matthewmccullough and I will be hosting a drinkup near the workshop venue in the Tech Center. All GitHub fans are welcome, whether you come…
Search Syntax Improvements
Today we are announcing simplified syntax for adding comparison and range criteria to searches. Previously we relied on Solr-style syntax, so searching for items with more than 10 stars would…
Retiring Impact Graphs
Back in April, we launched some amazing new graphs. One of the new visualizations we’ve found especially useful is the contributors page. We’re constantly looking at it to get a…
Drinkup in Oxford, UK this Thursday
@bkeepers and @wfarr are in Oxford, UK this week for All Your Base, a database conference for web developers. Join them for good drinks and lively conversations. When Thursday, 22…
New header and footer
Today we’re shipping a new header and footer for GitHub.com. Both have been simplified to help you focus on the rest of the page rather than the site’s interface. They’re…
Command bar autocompletes stars
It has been a while since we launched both the Command Bar and Stars. Today, we pushed an update to combine their powers for the good of everyone. In a…
Dodgeballs dodged, charities win!
The second annual Octocat Dodgeball Tournament was held on Sunday, November 11, 2012, in San Francisco. Twenty teams joined us for five hours of ball throwing fun, in the process…
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