GitHub updates notification retention periods and archived repository watches

So GitHub now lets orgs disable commit comments. I can already hear the collective sigh of relief from maintainers drowning in long-dead discussions on ancient lines of code. Or maybe a collective groan from those who loved the context? Either way, a powerful new admin lever. What's your take on this cleanup? #GitHub #DevOps

GitHub had a clever "chicken and egg" problem: needing GitHub to deploy GitHub! 🐔🥚 They're solving tricky circular dependencies in deployments by using eBPF to selectively block problematic network calls. What's even cooler? They can trace those blocked requests back to the specific command. Super smart for safer deployments and faster incident recovery! #eBPF #DevOps

Critical Infra like Github having this kind of incidents would be unthinkable 3-4 yrs ago, Also their uptimes lately have not been that great. What changed? I also sympathise with them due to huge amount of code generated by Agents & AI being pushed on a scale couldn't be imagined before but even that shouldn't be an excuse for this kind of errors. Git & Github are too critical for these kind of goof ups.

Everyone jokes about rm -rf *… until it actually happens. A while back, GitHub engineer accidentally accidentally ran a destructive command on the wrong repository. Not a fork. Not a personal project. The company’s main GitHub repo. Within seconds… pipelines failed. Services broke. Data disappeared. Panic kicked in. And this wasn’t a small startup. This was at the scale where even minutes of downtime matter. But here’s the part no one talks about 👇 The system came back. Why? Because great engineering isn’t about never making mistakes. It’s about designing systems that survive mistakes. -> GitHub backups saved them -> Branch protections prevented even worse disasters -> Teams jumped in and fixed things fast Within hours, everything was restored. 💡 The lesson? If you’ve ever broken something in code, accidentally deleted a branch, or messed up production… You’re not alone. Even the best engineers have done it. The difference isn’t perfection. The difference is how fast you recover and what you learn. So next time you make a mistake… Don’t panic. Improve your system. Because in tech, mistakes are not the end. They’re part of the process. #github #programming #softwareengineering #devlife #learning #growth #tech

GitHub just rolled out a Rule insights dashboard and a unified filter bar! This is great for anyone managing repos with complex rule sets. Finally, a clearer view on how those rules are performing and easier filtering. Little quality-of-life updates like these make a big difference in daily dev work. #GitHub #DevTools

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝘂𝗹… 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀. Over the past few months, I kept running into a frustrating issue: using work + personal GitHub accounts on the same machine without breaking SSH or mixing identities. So I built a clean, repeatable SSH setup that solves the following: • Authentication conflicts • Wrong-account commits • Broken push/pull workflows What’s inside the guide: • Separate SSH keys per account • Smart aliasing via ~/.ssh/config • Per-repo Git identity setup • Quick debugging checks The goal was simple: 👉 Make it predictable and production-safe—not just “works on my machine." If you’ve ever pushed code from the wrong account… you know the pain. 😅 🔗 GitHub repo: https://lnkd.in/dFH75WvV If this helps, consider giving the repo a ⭐ #github #git #ssh #developers #webdev #softwareengineering #opensource

GitHub's rolling out some neat updates to its standard code findings. Less noise, more signal when scanning those public repos. Definitely worth a look if you're building in the open. #CodeQuality #DevTools

GitHub engineers really tackled the performance issues in large pull requests. It's impressive how optimizing tiny things like reducing DOM nodes per line can make such a difference. Makes you appreciate the unsung heroes of front-end performance! #GitHub #Engineering

I bet the next billion-dollar product is probably sitting in a private GitHub repo right now just a founder who keeps saying "it's not ready yet"

Typed “guthib” instead of GitHub today… and landed somewhere I definitely didn’t expect. 😄 It’s funny how in tech, even a single misplaced letter can completely change the outcome—whether it’s a search, a command, or a line of code. Moments like these are small, but they reinforce an important habit: being mindful of the details. Because in our field, precision isn’t optional—it’s everything. Sometimes the best reminders don’t come from big failures, but from tiny slips like this. Back to typing carefully… one character at a time. #DeveloperLife #CodingLessons #AttentionToDetail #TechJourney #GitHub