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Last year we deployed a CSAM image scanning tool. This is so cool! Image processing is always hard, and deploying a real image identification system at a Cloudflare scale is no small achievement! But we hit a problem - the matching algorithm was too slow for our needs.
On Wednesday, December 16, the RedDrip Team from QiAnXin Technology released their discoveries (tweet, github) regarding the random subdomains associated with the SUNBURST malware which was present in the SolarWinds Orion compromise. I
Something I learned (or, I guess, re-learned) this year is how important it is to pay close attention to the bit depth of images. Way back in the day, we used
Recently, I've become more deeply aware of the inherent tension between change and inertia, as it applies to the evolution and use of web technologies. These
Tim Severien:
2020 has been a year of change, with shifts to the way organizations of every size connect, collaborate, and build together. From our 2020 State of the Octoverse report to…
Learn about ghapi, a third-party Python library and CLI client for the GitHub API. It includes tab-completion, integrated documentation and automatic pagination of responses. ghapi automatically manages required headers, query strings, route parameters, post data, and much more.
Last year at GitHub Universe, we introduced the GitHub Security Lab, which is committed to contributing resources, tooling, bounties, and security research to secure the open source ecosystem. We know…
At Shopify, we’re keeping the flexibility of untrusted Partner code, but executing it on our own infrastructure with WebAssembly.
We know how difficult it can sometimes be to stay on top of things. In this monthly edition, you can read more about what’s cookin’ at Smashing and explore some of the most popular resources featured in our newsletter in the past few weeks.
We've improved the developer experience by introducing three updates that apply to all users on Hobby, Pro, and Enterprise plans.
Across multiple cultures around the world, this time of year is a time of celebration and sharing of gifts with the people we care the most about.
I spent a good chunk of my work life this year trying (in collaboration with the amazing Noam Rosenthal) to standardize a new web platform feature: a way to
This year, I learned a lot about how "old" tricks can solve a lot of modern problems if you use the right tools. Following the growth of Jamstack-style
Pluralsight is giving away 25 courses on JavaScript for free to celebrate JavaScript's 25th birthday. It's no cheapie, either. The courses range from getting
A look at how we identify and address bugs
Dependency review allows you to easily understand your dependencies before you introduce them to your environment. As part of a pull request, you can see what dependencies you’re introducing, changing, or removing, and information about their vulnerabilities, age, usage, and license.
Git has a reputation for being confusing. Users stumble over terminology and phrasing that misguides their expectations. This is most apparent in commands that “rewrite history” such as git cherry-pick or git rebase. In my experience,…
The developer community remains the heart of GitHub, and we’re committed to respecting the privacy of developers using our product.
Together with mobile network operators Airtel and Vodafone, and technology partners ADI, Altiostar, Baicells, Flex, Mavenir, MTI, Parallel Wireless, and Xilinx, we are focused on building general-purpose radio access network (RAN) reference designs for 4G and 5G networks in the Open RAN ecosystem. This work is being done as part of the Evenstar program. The […]
One of the biggest questions faced by the recommendation systems community is whether recommendation systems should be solely evaluated by their predictive accuracy, or also focus on other factors such as preference broadening. In order to appreciate the importance of this question, let us look at a couple of simulated scenarios in a dynamic setting. User […]
Implementing best SEO practice can produce immediate results, but long-term performance requires long-term maintenance. Besides, the journey is more important than the destination, isn’t it? The most beautiful, spectacular site in the world won’t do anyone much good if people can’t find it on Google (or Bing, or DuckDuckGo). This is not an exhaustive list, but hopefully there is enough to help you
