Universe, The ReadME Project, and much more!

Universe

Are you ready for GitHub Universe 2022? It's just three short months away! Okay, that might actually be plenty of time to get ready, but we've got tons of great announcements between now and then, so get it on your calendar and stay tuned for more!

The Download

Check out the latest episode of The Download with Christina Warren. She's covering all the new regions available for GitHub Sponsors, an update to GitHub Pages, and some super cool retro gaming news! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more.

Copilot

Have you met your AI pair programmer? GitHub Copilot uses the OpenAI Codex to suggest code and entire functions in real-time, right from your editor. Check it out!

The ReadME Project

The ReadME Project is a GitHub platform dedicated to highlighting the best from the open source software community—the people and tech behind projects you use every day. Each month, discover new stories, best practices, and opinions, as well as great listens and reads from around the community.

Check out the newest releases from The ReadME Project, including:

Don't call it a comeback: Why Java is still champ - Far from dead, the perpetually-popular language is up to speed and ready for the future.

Configuring your Git environment for success - Rose Judge shares a quick-start guide to less frustration and better workflows.

Build a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions - James Turnbull offers tips to catch issues and remove the need for manual processes so you can focus on adding features.

The GitHub Blog

5 simple things you can do with GitHub Packages to level up your workflows: From hosting private packages in a private repository to tightening your security profile with GITHUB_TOKEN, here are five simple ways you can streamline your workflow with GitHub Packages.

Planning next to your code – GitHub Projects is now generally available: GitHub Projects connects your planning directly to the work your teams are doing in GitHub and flexibly adapts to whatever your team needs at any point.

New request for comments on improving npm security with Sigstore is now open: Supply chain attacks exploit our implicit trust of open source to hurt developers and our customers. Read and weigh in on our proposal for how npm will significantly reduce supply chain attacks by signing packages with Sigstore.

Hiring At GitHub

Customer Reliability Engineer III (West Coast Focused): More and more companies are using GitHub Enterprise, so the support team is growing. When our customers have problems, they contact us and it is our goal to help them as quickly and awesomely as possible. We're growing our team of Customer Reliability Engineers to help ensure the technical success of our largest and most complex customer deployments, comprised of on-premise installations of GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Senior Manager, Deal Desk - AMER: GitHub is looking for a Deal Desk Manager to join our Deal Desk team. This role is a critical and highly visible role to support GitHub’s rapid business growth. You will be responsible for providing support to GitHub’s worldwide sales, finance and legal teams. You will be preparing & reviewing agreements and working on pricing proposals to support our growing sales team while ensuring business and legal terms are aligned with company policy. You will also partner with cross functional teams to analyze both external & internal data to influence pricing and field discount practices with a goal to improve bookings and gross margin.