Automotive software development moves to the cloud We are at an inflection point for automotive embedded development to move to the cloud. In an era where software has not just eaten the world but is continuously redefining it through AI, the cloud emerges not just as a platform but as the foundational fabric for software engineering. With AI’s increasing demand for computational power driving unprecedented changes in silicon, both at the edge and in the cloud, the need for agile, scalable, and continuously optimized development environments has never been more critical. As the home of the wor ..read more

Though technology has advanced significantly to combat the proliferation of sophisticated security threats, the reality is that preventing the next cyberattack depends on getting the security basics right, and efforts to secure the software ecosystem must protect the developers who design, build, and maintain the software we all depend on. As the home to the world’s largest developer community, GitHub is in a unique position to help improve the security of the software supply chain. In May 2022, we introduced an initiative to raise the bar for supply chain security by addressing the first link ..read more

When I start something new, I love to jump right in and get my feet wet (though, preferably in the Great Barrier Reef). As the new Environmental Sustainability lead at GitHub, this meant within the first few days of my job I was hearing directly from some of the incredible organizations that are leveraging tech to protect the environment. Coming from Australia, my love for the ocean runs deep, as does my concern for how a changing climate is changing life for all of us around the world. So, I was thrilled to have a chance to speak with Kakani Katija, Principal Engineer at the Monterey Bay Aqua ..read more

We are proposing an addition to our Acceptable Use Policies on Misinformation and Disinformation to address the development of synthetic and manipulated media tools for the creation of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) and disinformation. We have opened a pull request for public comment on the proposed change, which reads as follows: Synthetic and Manipulated Media Tools GitHub does not allow any projects that are designed for, encourage, promote, support, or suggest in any way the use of synthetic or manipulated media for the creation of non-consensual intimate imagery or any content th ..read more

Imagine arriving at a conference and immediately feeling inspired: your agenda is packed with must-see GitHub Copilot sessions, booths are filled with experts from top tech companies, and you’re surrounded by thousands of fellow developers and leaders who are eager to connect. That is the experience we’re curating for the 10th anniversary of our global developer event. This year, we’re going bigger and better with a stunning new venue as the foundation. We hope you’ll join us at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture on the San Francisco Bay, from October 29-30, or virtually from anywher ..read more

Header image credit: Kingsley Mkpandiok Having equal opportunity to use and create technology is key to unlocking the potential of open source. At the heart of this is skilling—and that’s where GitHub’s All In program comes in. All In is a community dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source, which it achieves through close collaboration with corporate partners, industry leaders, researchers and foundations. This is broken down into two programs: All in for Students and All In Africa. These programs meet open source contributors where they are, reaching ..read more

Policymakers are increasingly focusing on software components of AI systems, and how developers are making AI model weights available for downstream use. GitHub enables developer collaboration on innovative software projects, and we’re committed to ensuring policymakers understand developer needs when crafting AI regulation. We support AI governance that empowers developers to build more responsibly, securely, and effectively, to accelerate human progress. GitHub submitted a filing in response to the U.S. NTIA’s request for comment on the potential risks, benefits, and policy implications of w ..read more

In March, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. March 15 19:42 UTC (lasting 42 minutes) On March 15, GitHub experienced service degradation from 19:42 to 20:24 UTC due to a regression in the permissions system. This regression caused failures in GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Pages. The problem stemmed from a framework upgrade that introduced MySQL query syntax that is incompatible with the database proxy service used in some production clusters. GitHub responded by rolling back the deployment and fixing a misconfiguration in ..read more

Just recently, I was coding a new feature for GitHub Copilot Chat. My task was to enable the chat to recognize a user’s project dependencies, allowing it to provide magical answers when the user poses a question. While I could have easily listed the project dependencies and considered the task complete, I knew that to extract top-notch responses from these large language models, I needed to be careful to not overload the prompt to avoid confusing the model by providing too much context. This meant pre-processing the dependency list and selecting the most relevant ones to include in the chat pr ..read more

With today’s Q4 2023 data release, the GitHub Innovation Graph now offers four full years of data on eight metrics–Git pushes, repositories, developers, organizations, programming languages, licenses, topics, and economy collaborators. We’ve also made some clarifying updates in response to community feedback we’ve heard since we launched. But first, let’s briefly bask in the glory of having four full years of quarterly data to explore by taking a quick look at some of the seasonal patterns that show up in the data. Long-time visitors of the GitHub Innovation Graph will, of course, remember tha ..read more