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WARNING: This post contains zombies, werewolves, extra dimensional beings, mummies, and more! Proceed at your own risk. Trick or treat yourself to some fangtastic Halloween-themed games this weekend. These were…
We’re taught to communicate with words. We write essays, prepare speeches, and take written notes. But words aren’t always the best option for conveying information and ideas. Sometimes the best way to tell stories is through thoughtfully crafted visuals, not long paragraphs of text. Visual storytelling is the process of conveying ideas using things you can see. In this article, Elizabeth Lin will
Nearly 40% of Internet traffic is automated. Today, Cloudflare is taking its Bot Management product to new heights with the release of Bot Analytics.
vip-manager is a simple to use tool to handle service IPs in a PostgreSQL Patroni cluster | PostgreSQL High Availability Cluster
GitHub Actions gives you the power to automate your workflow. Connect with the tools you know and love. Have more freedom to innovate and be creative. Deploy to any cloud,…
This is the second post in our series on DevOps fundamentals. For a guide to what DevOps is and answers to common DevOps myths check out part one. What role…
Using deferred compliance in GitHub’s CI process to improve developer productivity.
An introduction to our blog series on GitHub’s investments in technical excellence.
One line of code can 5x your Rails application performance. What if you could make a small change to your database design that would unlock massively more efficient data access? At Shopify, we dusted off some old database principles and did exactly that with the primary Rails application.
With this guide, Ibrahima Ndaw will teach you the basics of Next.js API Routes. He will start by explaining what they are and why API Routes are useful compared to REST or GraphQL APIs. Then, he will guide you through a step by step tutorial on how to build your very first GraphQL server with Next.js and the Github API. If you want to extend your React or Next.js skills to the server-side and be a
There are so many static site generators (SSGs). It’s overwhelming trying to decide where to start. While an abundance of helpful articles may help wade
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Today we're launching Variants and updates to the Inspect panel to power up your design system
A few things I've learned about email marketing
How to get started using css variables
Many companies had to struggle in one way or another in the last couple of months. We had to get creative, and we had to rethink our conferences and workshops altogether. In this article, CEO and co-founder Vitaly Friedman shares how Smashing runs online workshops and online conferences these days, and the lessons learned along the way.
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A few months ago, after reading about Cloudflare doubling its intern class, I quickly dusted off my CV and applied for an internship. Long story short: now, a couple of months later, I found myself staring at Linux kernel code and adding a pretty cool feature to gVisor.
Imagine this scenario: You get an email from the design team. It contains a link to a high-fidelity prototype of a React app they want you to build. You click
Foreign keys will introduce some issues which have to be considered when writing applications. If a foreign key is in place the inseration order starts to matter.
The technical challenges of updating our autosave system
When a news story of dubious provenance appears, should social media use a temporary block to slow its spread?
Game Off, our annual game jam (a hackathon for building games) returns this weekend. Participants will be given a secret theme on November 1 and will have the entire month…
We’re thrilled to announce an opportunity to connect with employees at GitHub during GitHub Universe. This year, Universe will take place virtually December 8-10 and we’d love to “see” you…
