Has mentoring in open source gotten harder? I wrote up my #FOSDEM talk on the @github blog The core framework: Comprehension, Context, Continuity. Comprehension and Context get you reviewed. Continuity gets you mentored. github.blog/open-source/main…

AI is changing open source. What happens to contributor pathways, maintainers, and community health along the way? Let's talk about it. (I'll be joining between newborn naps 🐣) SustainOSS AI, FLOSS & Sustainability Forum: sustainoss.org/events/ai-flo…

drowning in low-quality PRs? we're giving maintainers the power to set contribution limits, starting with a PR cap for outside contributors and an allowlist for your trusted ones. sneak peek below 👇

Two big arrivals this May 💜🐣 github.blog/open-source/main… #MaintainerMonth

👋 I'm the PM on GitHub's Maintainer Love team, and we're focused on making your life easier. If you could wave a magic wand, what is the #1 feature you'd want us to ship? No idea is too tiny - the smallest changes often have the biggest impact. Drop your wishes below. 👇

Excited to share our progress on @GitHub Stacked PRs 🥞

Ever visit a GitHub Issue and wonder when the fix shipped? Release info is now directly included in the issue sidebar alongside the linked PR.

You can now create GitHub Issues directly from Slack in natural language! Mention @GitHub in any channel and describe your work, and the app creates structured Issues in your repo (and sub-issues, too).

Hey folks, had some conversations about this today so thought it would be helpful to be clear. GitHub does not and does not plan to include advertisements on the platform. We recently identified a programming logic issue in the GitHub Copilot coding agent that caused a 'product tip', including a third-party suggestion, to appear incorrectly in a pull request comment. This issue was introduced on March 24 during a rollout that expanded Copilot’s ability to contribute to any pull request when requested to by a developer. As a result, a third-party link was mistakenly displayed in a way that could be interpreted as a promotion. Our goal was to share novel ways to use Copilot coding agent, and in this case, we highlighted our integration with Raycast as part of a broader set of product tips, but this was surfaced more frequently than intended alongside other feature suggestions. We have removed Copilot agent tips from all pull requests moving forward. We appreciate the community flagging this and apologize for the error.

Is it building in the open or is it getting excited about what our team is cooking 👀

This has been a HUGE ask from maintainers for a while, super excited about it shipping! Turn off comments on commits:

A local GitHub meetup in Toronto?? Count me in ✨ GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Toronto #1 is April 2nd and I'm so here for it. Demos, lightning talks, snacks, and community. Drop me a line if you'll be there! luma.com/q6uu9gbo

Two of the top GitHub Actions community requests are now live 1. Timezone support in crons schedule: - cron '30 5 * * 1-5' timezone: "America/New_York" 2. Use environments without auto-deployments environment: name: staging deployment: false

The standard libraries already include π. But where’s the fun in that? Happy #PiDay! 🍕

I have built one of the strongest DevRel teams in the game! We are often praised by other companies for how we're educating the software engineering industry as they are incorporating AI into their workflows. My team is at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering. They have been on the front line learning, building, and teaching AI. Unfortunately, with the latest Block RIF, the majority of them are on the market. If you're looking for a Developer Relations Engineer, Technical Community Manager, or Tech Writer who is well versed in AI and creating impactful content, I have an entire roster available. Please reach out to me for your next hire 🙏🏽

I made a little off-the-cuff remark about "the joy of being a maintainer" while interviewing @mitchellh with @abbycabs last week and can't stop thinking about it so I wrote about what brings me joy as a maintainer :) helen.blog/2026/02/the-joy-o…

I'll be live on OSS Friday by GitHub in ~45 minutes.

We’re going live in less than an hour 👀 At 3pm ET / 12pm PT, @helenhousandi and I will be live with @mitchellh, talking about Vouch and what community trust actually looks like in open source. Hope you can join us. youtube.com/watch?v=0npMvuh7…