How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code đź”—
Learn how to move an agent session from the GitHub Copilot app into VS Code without losing the conversation, code changes, or working context. The pos [...]
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The next developer interface is ambient intelligence đź”—
AI, agents, voice, and physical controls are shifting software development from operating tools to expressing intent—and helping developers stay focus [...]
Staying Evergreen: How we automated secure access and repo hygiene in a shared org đź”—
Put native GitHub features to work to review outside collaborator access and archive stale repositories. The post Staying Evergreen: How we automated [...]
GitHub availability report: September 2026 đź”—
In September, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: Septem [...]
From 2,500 requests to 24: Rebuilding star history without the stargazers đź”—
Our new repo star history API now provides trends without returning individual identities or requiring unbounded database work. These are the engineer [...]
GitHub’s model for secret detection: Finding more secrets with less noise 🔗
GitHub’s context-aware secret classifier improves detection quality, raises weighted acceptance by 11.5%, and reduces median scan execution time by 86 [...]
GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase đź”—
Learn how to add custom instructions and skills to your repository, use custom agents, and connect MCP servers like Playwright. The post GitHub Copilo [...]
Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build đź”—
The barriers to building software have collapsed. Today, anyone can build. Hackathons are a great place to start learning. The post Hack the World: Wh [...]
How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate đź”—
As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques, and experie [...]
Secret protection must scale with software đź”—
Developers aren’t becoming more careless; they’re being outpaced. The tools that let developers create more software should also take on more of the w [...]