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GitHub Issues search now supports nested queries and boolean operators: Here’s how we (re)built it
https://github.blog/developer-skills/application-development/github-issues-search-now-supports-nested-queries-and-boolean-operators-heres-how-we-rebuilt-it/
Published: May 13, 2025 16:00
Plus, considerations in updating one of GitHub's oldest and most heavily used features.
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Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components
https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/design-system-annotations-part-2-advanced-methods-of-annotating-components/
Published: May 9, 2025 19:12
How to build custom annotations for your design system components or use Figma’s Code Connect to help capture important accessibility details before development.
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Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components
https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/design-system-annotations-part-1-how-accessibility-gets-left-out-of-components/
Published: May 9, 2025 19:12
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
The post Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets…
Building a more accessible GitHub CLI
https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/building-a-more-accessible-github-cli/
Published: May 2, 2025 18:57
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.
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How the GitHub CLI can now enable triangular workflows
https://github.blog/open-source/git/how-the-github-cli-can-now-enable-triangular-workflows/
Published: April 25, 2025 16:43
The GitHub CLI now supports common Git configurations for triangular workflows. Learn more about triangular workflows, how they work, and how to configure them for your Git workflows. Then, see how you can leverage these using the GitHub CLI.
The post How…
Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue management on GitHub
https://github.blog/engineering/architecture-optimization/introducing-sub-issues-enhancing-issue-management-on-github/
Published: April 11, 2025 22:55
Explore the iterative development journey of GitHub's sub-issues feature. Learn how we leveraged sub-issues to build and refine sub-issues, breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
The post Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue…
How engineers can use one-on-ones with their manager to accelerate career growth
https://github.blog/developer-skills/career-growth/how-engineers-can-use-one-on-ones-with-their-manager-to-accelerate-career-growth/
Published: March 27, 2025 18:31
Go beyond status updates and use these meetings to surface challenges, solve problems, and drive impact.
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IssueOps: Automate CI/CD (and more!) with GitHub Issues and Actions
https://github.blog/engineering/issueops-automate-ci-cd-and-more-with-github-issues-and-actions/
Published: March 19, 2025 16:00
A look into building IssueOps workflows on GitHub to do everything from CI/CD to handling approvals and more.
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Finding leaked passwords with AI: How we built Copilot secret scanning
https://github.blog/engineering/platform-security/finding-leaked-passwords-with-ai-how-we-built-copilot-secret-scanning/
Published: March 4, 2025 17:00
Passwords are notoriously difficult to detect with conventional programming approaches. AI can help us find passwords better because it understands context. This blog post will explore the technical challenges we faced with building the feature and the…
How to debug code with GitHub Copilot
https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/how-to-debug-code-with-github-copilot/
Published: February 21, 2025 17:00
GitHub Copilot can streamline your debugging process by troubleshooting in your IDE, analyzing pull requests, and more, helping you tackle issues faster and more robustly.
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