Improved pull request experience in GitHub for Atom
A new way to view and interact with pull requests in Atom through the GitHub package
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GitHub anti-bribery and events policies now open source
Four new policies related to bribery and events are now available open source.
How the GitHub Student Developer Pack helped this student get a tech job
Learning with real-world tools paid off for this Georgia State student.
Optimizing your open source project with GitHub Apps
Automate away some of the pain points in your open source projects with these free GitHub Apps.
Anonymous timeline entries for moderation events
Project maintainers shouldn't have to risk their personal safety in order to build a strong community around their code. While various moderation actions already create timeline entries on the relevant…
Show your projects in motion with animated GIFs
Animated GIFs can help you capture the essence of what you're trying to share in a way that is both clear and engaging.
Organization-level temporary interaction limits
Since last May repository admins have been able to activate temporary interaction limits to force a cooldown period during heated discussions. Admins can limit comments, reviews, or the creation of…
Project board issue and pull request details view
View and edit key information in issues and pull requests from within your project board.
Project board automation and template updates
Automate settings in your project boards for more workflow control with issues and pull requests.
How to use pull requests in the classroom
Bring more organization to your project contributions with these improvements to issue templates.
Announcing GitHub Desktop 1.2
A new GitHub Desktop release is here. Compare branches and perform actions on multiple files.
New improvements to the Slack and GitHub integration
Turn Slack conversations into next steps on GitHub with slash commands, private previews, and more.
The fight progresses as the net neutrality deadline approaches
Congress has about 30 legislative days left to reverse an FCC order repealing net neutrality, while many U.S. states move to protect net neutrality
GitHub for data scientists, a webcast series
The field of data science has seen enormous growth over the last few years. Organizations increasingly leverage data as a strategic asset that data scientists turn into meaningful insights. These…
Webcast recap: Your favorite ways to work with GitHub
Integrated development environments (IDEs) 2017 was a busy year for IDEs and GitHub. From new additions like Xcode to complete rewrites of some of our favorites like GitHub Desktop, there's…
Game Off 2017 winners
Thousands of game developers from all over the world participated in Game Off, our fifth annual game jam celebrating open source. The theme this year was throwback, and jammers created…
Archiving repositories
Just because a repository isn't actively developed anymore and you don't want to accept additional contributions doesn't mean you want to delete it. Now archive repositories on GitHub to make…
Mitigating replication lag and reducing read load with freno
At GitHub, we use MySQL as the main database technology backing our services. We run classic MySQL master-replica setups, where writes go to the master, and replicas replay master's changes asynchronously. To be able to serve our traffic we read data from the MySQL replicas.