libgit2: a Git Linkable Library
One of the long running issues with Git is that the library produced to run the binary is not re-entrant - you can't link to it from another program because…
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Bye Bye Flash: Network Graph is now Canvas
When I initially sat down to write the Network Graph two years ago, I chose Adobe Flash for two primary reasons: 1) I was already familiar with Flash, having worked…
GitHub Rebase #39
Welcome to GitHub Rebase #39! Just remember, git rot is a unique two-part liquid epoxy that saturates and restores original strength to wood by penetrating the rot. Not necessary to…
GitHub Rebase #35
Rebase: good for reorganizing commits, squashing down changesets, and repairing dentures. Featured Project vanity is an experiment driven development framework for Ruby on Rails that uses A/B Testing to maximize…
Ushahidi: Crowdsourcing Crisis Info
Every once in a while I find out that a project I've been following is actually open source and hosted on GitHub. Just recently I found out that a great…
Post-Mortem of This Morning’s Outage
At 07:53 PDT this morning the site was hit with an abnormal number of SSH connections. The script that runs after an SSH connection is accepted makes an RPC call…
Unicorn!
We've been running Unicorn for more than a month. Time to talk about it. What is it? Unicorn is an HTTP server for Ruby, similar to Mongrel or Thin. It…
TypePad Developer Platform
Today blogging company Six Apart released their TypePad Developer Platform. It's been covered on TechCrunch and on the TypePad blog, but the reason I'm writing is they've put GitHub front…
About the GitHub Contest
A few days ago, the 2009 GitHub contest ended. I'm currently going through all of the top submissions to verify the winners and look through some of the code used.…
Deployment Script Spring Cleaning
Better late than never, right? As we get ready to upgrade our servers I thought it'd be a good time to upgrade our deployment process. Currently pushing out a new…
NY State Senate Code on GitHub
If you're in New York, or are interested in Open Government initiatives, you may be excited to know that the New York State Senate has opened up to the online…
Issues Bonanza!
As soon as we rolled out version 2 of the API, people started building things with it. Here are some interesting Issues based projects: img http://img.skitch.com/20090420-bwyj4aat2skhi4dstbeu8jum17.jpg lighthouse-to-github - Lighthouse to…
GitHub Rebase #19
Sorry about the missed weeks here folks, hopefully I'll be back on track now. Let's get started! Featured Project canary has generated quite a buzz on Twitter this past week…
Pinax on GitHub
The Pinax Project, a premiere up and coming platform for rapidly developing Django sites, now lives on GitHub at http://github.com/pinax/pinax. img http://img.skitch.com/20090331-tt68mja4fbn9yy3hsh59kye4c1.png http://pinaxproject.com Cloud27 is an example of what can…
GitHub Rebase #18
First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it... Yes, git branch doesn't take a @-b@ flag. Sidewalk and chalk doesn't edit easily. Featured Project synapse Oh, you…
GitHub Rebase #14
Want to get on Rebase? Find out how. Stats Breakdown Featured Project dynomite is an open-source Erlang implementation of Amazon's Dynamo, a distributed key-data storage that strives for high availability.…
GitHub Rebase #10
And we're back! Rebase went on a bit of hiatus, but it has returned in full force for 2009. Read on for the latest and greatest coming out of GitHub!…
GitHub Rebase #9
The middle of December has brought us a few feet of snow and the return of graphs! I'm looking for new ways to show off the ridiculous amount of data…
GitHub Rebase #8
Welcome to the 8th version of Rebase! I had some issues generating the stats this week, but don't worry, there's still plenty of activity and new projects that I've got…
GitHub Rebase #5
I've done some serious work towards generating more accurate statistics this week. If you're interested in how the graphs are made, check out my rebase project. I'm going to be…