I was on a call with a bunch of people involved in other prominent open source projects a few weeks ago. The organiser jokingly asked us to raise our hands if the previous six months had been better than what came before. I raised my hand.
My friend and former GitHub coworker Jason Rudolph died in May 2026. With the consent of his family, I’m writing about some of my memories of Jason. Platform I first properly (and in meatspace) met Jason when I joined GitHub’s “Platform” te…
Most people just use GitHub Actions to run their tests. It can do far more: deploy a PR to production before merge, make release processes more robust and automate the boring chores you keep forgetting to do. Here are a few patterns I’ve us…
Panel at SOOCon26 Edinburgh. Show transcript so I don't know if any of you actually read Amazon blog last week it was all talking about AI driven development lifecycle for financial services I'm trying to get the title right they basically
Your regular reminder that shitting on OSS on social media is a selfish thing to do. Good job sapping volunteer maintainers’ motivation in exchange for your “internet points”. Next time: try rolling up your sleeves and contribute a fix to t…
“I’m excited to work with you, the company seems great. I’m a little unwhelmed with the salary, though, is there any chance you can do better?” This sentence gets most who try a 0-10% new job pay increase with zero resentments. Paraphrase i…
I’ve been using AI tools since early 2021 when I was invited to test out the Copilot internal alpha at GitHub (where I spent 10 years). I’ve maintained Homebrew since 2009. I’ve now personally hit the “AI writes 90% of my code” (Dario Amode…
I’ve worked from home since 2009. One of (very few) things I miss about working in an office is the pranking potential. Zip-tying phone cables, rotating monitors, changing keyboard layouts, all that good stuff. Last week GitHub announced “C…
Job security for engineers is dead. Career security is what matters. You build it by learning, changing, taking risks, being reliable and stepping outside your lane. Your employer won’t prioritise your long-term career. You should.
Andrew nails here many parts of what actually makes OSS maintaining hard work. Empathy is needed more for OSS sustainability than money. https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/13/respectful-open-source.html “This new technology will replace developers!…
Short thoughts that are cross-posted to X (Twitter), Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn and Threads. Andrew nails here many parts of what actually makes OSS maintaining hard work. Empathy is needed more for OSS sustainability than money. https://n…
Like many people who now work with computers, I was told as a child I spent “too much time on screens” and then built a career out of it. I still have to manage my own screen habits carefully and most of my procrastination takes the form of…