What’s with all the ducks?
What in the world do rubber ducks have to do with programming? And why were they everywhere at GitHub Universe? A lot of you asked, so I’m here to help explain.
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Michelle Mannering
I'm a Content Producer working in tech & innovation. Known as the “Hackathon Queen” 👑 I'm on the GitHub DevRel team and love sharing stories from our amazing community of developers.
Release Radar · November 2022 Edition
We promised we'd be back soon and here we are! There has been an incredible amount of open source projects shipping major version releases before the year wraps up. I…
Release Radar · October 2022 Edition
Before you say it, yes, the October Release Radar was supposed to be shared in November. But with Hackatoberfest, GitHub Universe, Turkey Day, and in real life (IRL) conferences returning…
Release Radar · September 2022 Edition
Hackatoberfest, hackathons, and open source contributions. It's been a hectic month with so many community pull requests to all kinds of projects. So many in fact that we had to…
Release Radar · August 2022 Edition
We've been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022 and our community has been launching cool projects left right and center. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer…
Release Radar · July 2022 Edition
While some of us have been wrapping up the financial year, and enjoying vacation time, others have been hard at work shipping open source projects and releases. These projects include…
Release Radar · June 2022 Edition
It's been a crazy couple of months with the end of financial year and lots of products shipping. Our community has been hard at work shipping projects too. These projects…
Top tips for creating a healthy and sustainable open source community
Read about the six key themes, and tips for each, that ensure sustainable and healthy open source communities.
Release Radar · May 2022 Edition
Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These projects can include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. We cover what the…
Release Radar · April 2022 Edition
Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend projects. Here are our top staff picks…
Release Radar · March 2022 Edition
Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend projects. Here are our top staff picks…
Release Radar · February 2022 Edition
Our community has shipped lots of open source project updates in the last month. Here's a few of our staff picks.
Release Radar · January 2022 Edition
Here's January's top staff picks on projects that shipped major version releases.
Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here's our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Release Radar · November 2021 Edition
The end of the year is getting closer, and our communities are busy working away on their projects. While you've all been busy maintaining open source projects and shipping releases,…
Release Radar · October 2021 Edition
What an incredible month it's been for GitHub and our communities. Whilst we've been busy with GitHub Universe, our communities have been busy coding. It's been a successful year for…