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New in the Shop: Reflective Hoodie
Temperatures are dropping, and so is this reflective new hoodie. Layer up, grab a hot beverage, and cozy up into fall while reflecting on all the commits you’ve made this…Brandi FirestineNovember 6, 2017
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And the theme for Game Off 2017 is…
Game Off—our fifth annual game jam celebrating open source is officially underway. The theme for this year’s jam is throwback. Let your imagination run wild and interpret that in any…November 1, 2017
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Connect with developers around the world on the GitHub Community Forum
The open source community proves that when creative people get together on an open platform, great things happen: Code gets better, new technologies emerge, and the way we build software…November 1, 2017
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Introducing GitHub Marketplace free trials
In May, we launched GitHub Marketplace—a new way to discover and purchase tools that build on your development process, from continuous integration to project management and code review. Now it’s…October 31, 2017
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Keep your project boards up to date, automatically
Today we’re releasing the first set of project automation events. Now you can set up your project boards to make updates for you automatically, moving cards between columns when you…October 30, 2017
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GitHub supports open source provisions in National Defense Authorization Act
This month, GitHub penned a letter urging the United States Senate and House of Representatives to support open source provisions in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets…October 26, 2017
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Teaching efficient collaboration at the Hasso Plattner Institute
If you’re looking for a real-world approach to computer science education in Germany, you can find it at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, which offers a practical and…October 23, 2017
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Game Off, our annual game jam returns in November
Game Off—our fifth annual game jam returns in just two weeks! A game jam is a hackathon for creating video games. Although most game jams run for 24-72 hours, the…October 19, 2017
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Doubling Bug Bounty rewards
We’re coming up on four years since the Bug Bounty program was first announced. A lot has changed in that time, and we constantly try to keep our reward structure…October 18, 2017
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Get started with Hacktoberfest
If you’re an open source maintainer, it’s time to get your repository ready for Hacktoberfest. Why? Communities grow during Hacktoberfest. Just ask Peter Tseng, now a core contributor of Exercism,…October 17, 2017
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Mission report: GitHub Universe 2017
This week, more than 1,000 developers from around the world joined us at Pier 70 in San Francisco for our flagship conference. We learned new skills in workshops, heard from…Stephanie WillsOctober 17, 2017
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Level up your workflow with these new Marketplace Apps
We’re welcoming four new apps to GitHub Marketplace—built to help you review, secure, and monitor your code. Code review AccessLint brings automated web accessibility testing into your development workflow. When…October 17, 2017
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GitHub now works directly with AWS CodeStar
From code review and project management to deployment and monitoring, you can choose the exact tools your workflow needs among hundreds of apps and services available on the GitHub platform.…October 12, 2017
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A more connected universe
Almost a decade ago, GitHub was created as a place for developers to work together on code. Now, millions of people around the world use our platform to build businesses,…Jason WarnerOctober 11, 2017
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Webcast recap: Driving secure, collaborative development
Security is an essential part of any engineering organization—especially in regulated industries, like automotive. In our recent webcast, “Driving secure, collaborative development”, GitHub Solutions Engineer Phil Holleran walked through GitHub…October 9, 2017
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