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Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build
https://github.blog/developer-skills/career-growth/hack-the-world-why-hackathons-are-still-the-best-place-to-learn-to-build/
Published: October 9, 2026 16:00
The barriers to building software have collapsed. Today, anyone can build. Hackathons are a great place to start learning.
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How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate
https://github.blog/security/how-one-bug-bounty-researcher-chooses-the-features-they-investigate/
Published: October 8, 2026 17:02
As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques, and experiences hacking on GitHub.
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Secret protection must scale with software
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/secret-protection-must-scale-with-software/
Published: October 7, 2026 17:45
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 work of protecting it.
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Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development
https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/building-git-infrastructure-for-agent-scale-development/
Published: October 6, 2026 20:57
We're rebuilding GitHub's Git infrastructure while GitHub keeps running, creating a foundation for agent-scale software development.
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ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/reviewbench-an-open-benchmark-for-ai-code-review/
Published: October 5, 2026 15:59
We’re launching ReviewBench, a benchmark for code review agents built on representative GitHub pull requests, multi-source ground truth, calibrated evaluation, and production-aligned metrics.
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AI is rewriting the developer career ladder. Here’s how to stand out.
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/ai-is-rewriting-the-developer-career-ladder-heres-how-to-stand-out/
Published: October 2, 2026 15:00
Learn three ways to get noticed and grow your career as AI reshapes how developers build software.
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10 technical talks I’m excited about at GitHub Universe 2026
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/10-technical-talks-im-excited-about-at-github-universe-2026/
Published: October 1, 2026 15:07
From verifying AI-written code to securing npm dependencies, these are the sessions I’m building my Universe agenda around.
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Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead
https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/developer-policy-update-transparency-state-policy-and-whats-ahead/
Published: September 29, 2026 15:00
Explore GitHub’s latest transparency data and learn more about policy updates affecting developers and open source.
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How we found 24 Android vulnerabilities using our open source AI security agent
https://github.blog/security/how-we-found-24-android-vulnerabilities-using-our-open-source-ai-security-agent/
Published: September 28, 2026 19:00
A look at the targeted AI taskflows behind these findings, the critical Android bugs they uncovered, and how to run the same open-source agent on your own app.
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Highlights from Git 2.56
https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-56/
Published: September 28, 2026 17:23
The open source Git project just released Git 2.56. Here is GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
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