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GitHub Availability Report: October 2021
In October, we experienced one incident resulting in significant impact and degraded state of availability for the GitHub Codespaces service.Scott SandersNovember 4, 2021
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Building the next phase of GitHub, together
This morning, I shared the following post with Hubbers in response to Nat’s announcement about his next adventure. I am thrilled to take on the role of CEO to build the next phase of GitHub for our global community of software developers.Thomas DohmkeNovember 3, 2021
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Thank you, GitHub
This morning, I sent the following post to the GitHub team. TL;DR: I’m moving on to my next adventure, and Thomas Dohmke (currently Chief Product Officer) will be GitHub’s next CEO.Nat FriedmanNovember 3, 2021
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GitHub Marketplace welcomes its 10,000th action
GitHub Marketplace just passed 10,000 published actions! Learn about contributing to this growing open source ecosystem.John BohannonOctober 21, 2021
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Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at GitHub in 2021
In the past two years, GitHub has doubled in size, welcoming more than 760 new Hubbers in 2021 alone. This past year we particularly focused on our goal of making GitHub more equitable. We saw growth in our diversity representation, whose population increased at a higher rate than the company itself.Sofia BonnetOctober 20, 2021
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Meet the GitHub Universe hosts, and start building your schedule
We sat down with Universe hosts Lorena Mesa and Jarryd McCree for a quick Q&A to help you make the most out of your conference experience this year.Kelsey BerniusOctober 18, 2021
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Apply now for GitHub Universe 2021 micro-mentoring
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensure GitHub’s conferences are accessible and inclusive to people from all walks of life, we’re offering 30-minute, 1:1 micro-mentoring sessions with GitHub employees.Toya EastOctober 12, 2021
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GitHub Availability Report: September 2021
In September, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.Scott SandersOctober 6, 2021
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GitHub Availability Report: August 2021
In August, we experienced two distinct incidents resulting in significant impact and degraded state of availability for Git operations, API requests, webhooks, issues, pull requests, GitHub Pages, GitHub Packages, and GitHub Actions services.Scott SandersSeptember 1, 2021
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Enhanced support for citations on GitHub
We’re excited to support researchers and academics on GitHub with enhanced citation support through `CITATION.cff` files.August 19, 2021
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GitHub Availability Report: July 2021
In July, GitHub experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.August 4, 2021
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GitHub Availability Report: June 2021
In June, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.July 7, 2021
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Blacktocats turn five
What began as a small group effort in 2015 has now turned into a global initiative here at GitHub to amplify Black voices and talent in the tech community.June 10, 2021
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GitHub Availability Report: May 2021
In May, we experienced two incidents resulting in significant impact to multiple GitHub services.Scott SandersJune 2, 2021
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Headphones on, volume up: Introducing The ReadME Podcast
Today we’re introducing The ReadME Podcast, a GitHub podcast that takes a peek behind the curtain of some of the most impactful open source projects, and the developers who make…May 17, 2021
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