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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.

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Atlanta Drinkup

Join @rick and myself for our next drinkup down South this Wednesday at our favorite spot in Atlanta, GA: the Publik Draft House! I’ll be speaking at this month’s Atlanta…

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Watcher API Changes

We recently changed the Watcher behavior on GitHub. What used to be known as “Watching” is now “Starring”. Starring is basically a way to bookmark interesting repositories. Watching is a…

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How we keep GitHub fast

The most important factor in web application design is responsiveness. And the first step toward responsiveness is speed. But speed within a web application is complicated. Our strategy for keeping…

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Commit Status API

Today, we shipped an API for third party services to attach statuses to commits. We created this API to allow services to color the discussion on pull requests. For example,…

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DjangoCon Drinkup

Djangonauts Unite! Join @bryanveloso and me tonight for drinks and excellent conversation, with GitHub picking up the tab. When? Tuesday, September 4th (tonight) at 9pm. Where? Tortoise & Hare

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Octokittens Everywhere!

Many GitHubbers are parents, so optimizing for happiness means thinking about the entire, extended GitHub family. We work on our own schedule, from anywhere in the world, doing the best…

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Deploying at GitHub

Deploying is a big part of the lives of most GitHub employees. We don’t have a release manager and there are no set weekly deploys. Developers and designers are responsible…

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Optimizing Sales for Happiness

Looking for GitHub’s sales team? Please Contact Us. 10/17/14 Update from @pjhyett: Building products that people love paired with a customer-focused sales team hasn’t changed, but the specifics of our…

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Game Bytes #2

Welcome to the second edition of Game Bytes, where we highlight some of the latest and greatest game development-related repositories, success stories, and other game-related tidbits. If I had a…

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Philly Drinkup

The City of Brotherly Love gets its turn. Join @juliamae and me tomorrow night for great drinks, good times, and excellent oldies, with GitHub picking up the tab. When? Wednesday,…

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