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Justin E. Samuels @thugdebugger.dev · 8d

👀 Something big is happening next summer during @renderatl.com. Join the live stream announcement with our friends at @github.com featuring @alacolombiadev.bsky.social, @francescociulla.bsky.social, and more special guests 😏

Learn more ⬇️

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https://dev.to/renderatlorg/the-open-source-world-is-about-to-get-a-surprise-5cpk

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · 14d

If you are @CommitYourCode and have contributed to an open source project this week.
Find me, I have something for you, I only have one something so first come 🤞🏽🤩🎁

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · 14d

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The Commit Your Code Conference @commityourcode.bsky.social · Sep 1

Why am I pumped for CYC25?!
It's among the largest speaker lineups in Texas for a software developer conference.

Flying in or from DFW, you’ll belong here.
It's YOUR community.

Featuring @marktechson.com and @alacolombiadev.bsky.social.
Join us Sept 25-26.

Drop your city below
#CommitYourCode

Promotional graphic for the Commit Your Code Conference for Charity, scheduled for September 25–26, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. The top text reads “I’m speaking at the Commit Your Code Conference For Charity.” Large bold letters in the center say “CYC ’25.” Featured speaker is Andrea Griffiths, Senior DevRel and Hypewoman at GitHub, with her smiling portrait on the right. The background includes a subtle city skyline silhouette.

Promotional graphic for the Commit Your Code Conference for Charity, happening September 25–26, 2025, in Dallas, Texas. The text at the top reads “I’m speaking at the Commit Your Code Conference For Charity.” Large bold text in the center says “CYC ’25.” Featured speaker is Mark Thompson, Sr. Developer Relations Engineer at Google, with his photo on the right side of the graphic. The background has a faint city skyline silhouette.

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Elio Struyf @eliostruyf.com · Sep 5

You can now rewatch the Open Source Friday by @github.com on which @alacolombiadev.bsky.social and I chatted about Demo Time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0pH...

Open Source Friday with Demo Time - A VS Code extension

YouTube video by GitHub

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Mockoon @mockoon.com · Jul 11

Guillaume wrapped up @wearedevelopers.bsky.social with a great chat on Open Source Friday with @alacolombiadev.bsky.social!
Watch the full interview here 👇
#Mockoon #WeAreDevelopers #OpenSource #OSSFriday

Guillaume @255kb.1kb.software · Jul 11

Wrapping up two amazing days at @wearedevelopers.bsky.social!
Tons of demos, great dev chats, and yes, I lost my voice 😅
We closed it out with an Open Source Friday session with @alacolombiadev.bsky.social
Check it out:
🔗 www.youtube.com/live/J2FQVBm...

#Mockoon #WeAreDevelopers #OSSFriday

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Danny Thompson @dthompsondev.bsky.social · Jun 30

Every week, there’s a new AI tool, and it’s impossible to keep up alone.

Join @thisdotlabs.bsky.social on July 10th for a session on the must-use tools of 2025.

Join:
@alacolombiadev.bsky.social from Github,
YK Sugi from Sourcegraph,
Hannes Rudolph from Roo Code,
& Rob, Elliott, and Tracy!

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Promotional banner for a live webinar hosted by This Dot Labs titled “The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents,” scheduled for July 10th at 1:00 PM EST. The featured speakers include:
YK Sugi (Developer Experience Manager, Sourcegraph)

Hannes Rudolph (Community Manager, Roo Code)

Andrea Griffiths (Senior Dev Advocate, GitHub)

Elliott Fouts (CTO, This Dot Labs)

Rob Ocel (VP of Innovation, This Dot Labs)

Tracy Lee (CEO, This Dot Labs)

The banner includes logos for GitHub Copilot, Amp, and RooCode, and has a blue gradient background with circular photos of each speaker.

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eric sorenson @ahpook.bsky.social · Jun 26

I recorded a @github.com Checkout episode with @alacolombiadev.bsky.social talking about the open source supply chain, GitHub's dependency graph, and related topics - check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGQX...

How 21 dependencies become 1,000: Understanding your software supply chain | GitHub Checkout

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Ashley Willis-McNamara @ashley.dev · Jun 23

If you’ve ever felt like asking for help would cost too much, this one’s for you.

Ashley Willis

Don't Come Inside Until the Streetlights Are On I grew up in the '80s, where parenting often sounded like, "Don't come home until the sun goes down," or "Go dri...

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Frontend Queens @frontendqueens.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌟 Frontend Queens at @renderatl.com!

From CSS magic w/ @una.im to dev gems from @alacolombiadev.bsky.social & inspo from @kentcdodds.com + 🔥 energy from Jason Torres - the vibe was unreal!

💖 Big love to @thugdebugger.dev for building this dream.
Mariya had a blast meeting everyone! ✨

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daniel at ⚡ viteconf 🇳🇱 @danielroe.dev · May 23

going live with @alacolombiadev.bsky.social from @github.com to talk about all things open source 🔥

👉 come join us on twitch.tv/github

GitHub - Twitch

The the world’s most widely adopted developer platform.This Twitch channel hosts our Open Source Friday Streams — become a part of the community by joining our Meetup group at https://www.meetup.com/g...

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · May 9

🔥 Loved @sbwalker’s #opensourcefriday talk? South Floridians, catch him live at SoFlo DevCon 2025! Join the FREE conf on May 17 for cutting-edge tech talks & networking. 🚀 Register: techhubsouthflorida.org/soflodevcon/

www.youtube.com/live/e1SD01R...

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · Apr 26

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The Download: New OpenAI models in Copilot, Fauna goes open source & more

YouTube video by GitHub

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Andrea Griffiths on Substack

The GitHub MCP Revolution Has Begun - And It's Better Than I Expected 🎥https://gh.io/mcp-watch This week on GitHub Checkout, I had the pleasure of speaking with Toby Padilla about our newly open-sour...

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · Apr 16

If you often say "wow I relate to developers" then I have the perfect job for you

Developer Relations role just listed! There's also a bunch of other recent additions on the jobs page bsky.social/about/join

Jobs - Bluesky

View open positions at Bluesky PBC

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goose @opensource.block.xyz · Apr 4

Happy 404 Day! 🎉

We used Goose to generate a custom 404 page based on real GitHub activity.

✨ Here's the results ✨

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Andrea Griffiths @alacolombiadev.bsky.social · Mar 27

See you all tomorrow!

GitHub @github.com · Mar 27

Get ready for an exciting Open Source Friday with Piotr Skalski from Roboflow! 🎉

Check out a demo of Supervision, a robust CV toolkit, and then see how Roboflow Notebooks & Maestro can supercharge your computer vision projects. 🚀

See you Friday 👋
gh.io/roboflow

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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · Mar 18

What if I told you that all you need to make the next big unicorn was a tab key and a dream

A single key keyboard that says "vibe coding" on it

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Clément Levallois @seinecle.bsky.social · Mar 17

@ag11.dev hey ! Great blog about Java, thanks! If I may, Java 24 coming out tomorrow brings an even shorter hello world with "println" instead of "system.out.println" ✨

-> blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2024/02...