
May is almost here, so what better occasion could there be for some fresh and inspiring desktop wallpapers? Created with love by artists and designers from across the globe, the wallpapers in this post come in versions with and without a calendar. Enjoy!

Git 2.45 is here with experimental support for reftables, and SHA-256 interoperability. Get our take on the latest here.

We’re redefining the developer environment with GitHub Copilot Workspace – where any developer can go from idea, to code, to software all in natural language.
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Thomas Dohmke·April 29, 2024AI & ML 
Learn how to use CodeQL for security research and improve your security research workflow.
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Sylwia Budzynska·April 29, 2024Security 

Business acquisitions are common but often shrouded in mystery because they happen behind closed doors. In this article, Yaakov details the story of his company and the journey it took him on, shedding light on the process of selling a business and what he learned from the experience.

Learn how GitHub’s Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Actions, and Arm’s latest Automotive Enhanced processors, work together to usher in a new era of efficient, scalable, and flexible automotive software creation.

Free-tier pricing is a common marketing strategy. “Free” gets people in the door and allows them to settle in and see how things work. But, as Juan Diego Rodriguez explains, the practice of free *tiers* is often conflated with free *trials*. And while the distinction may be nuanced, the consequences of sunsetting free-tier pricing may be huge.

Before the pgconf.de, a few contributors to the Patroni project met to discuss the past, present and future of this framework for PostgreSQL HA. Find out more.

How we cut build times by 50% and shipped a solution for scale.

New zine: How Git Works!

Conducting UX research that includes participants with a variety of disabilities is vital to building inclusive technology, but most prototypes used for testing are inaccessible. Rather than continuing to leave out feedback from disabled consumers, which ultimately leads to exclusive technology, researchers must get creative in their workarounds and be relentless in their efforts.

We’ve dramatically increased 2FA adoption on GitHub as part of our responsibility to make the software ecosystem more secure. Read on to learn how we secured millions of developers and why we’re urging more organizations to join us in these efforts.

This article illustrates how AI can be leveraged to build tools that can be inclusive with a little bit of an additional effort.
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Pratik Joglekar·April 24, 2024AI & ML 
We announced AI-powered payments, our biggest-ever upgrades to Stripe Connect, new support for usage-based billing, increased interoperability, and a lot more.
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Will Gaybrick·April 24, 2024AI & ML 
During Developer Week 2024, Cloudflare announced revamped SDKs, automatically generated from OpenAPI schemas. This post details the pipeline's workings and lessons learned.

Scrolling, scanning, skipping: How do users consume content online? Here’s what you need to know about reading behavior and design strategies to prevent harmful scanning patterns. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns.

Latency numbers every web developer should know

This Earth Day, we discuss how tech and open source are helping two organizations combat the effects of a changing climate.

What options do we have for integrating GraphQL with WordPress in 2024? Leonardo Losoviz describes the developments that have taken place in this space over the last three years.

Gartner has once again named Cloudflare to the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) report

Figma’s editorial newsletter about how products take shape—and shape our world.


We’re asking for feedback on a proposed Acceptable Use Policy update to address the use of synthetic and manipulated media tools for non-consensual intimate imagery and disinformation while protecting valuable research.
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Jesse Geraci·April 18, 2024AI & ML