A personal recap of attending the South Coast Summit 2022, a Microsoft community conference covering Azure, GitHub, and the broader Microsoft Cloud ecosystem.
A tutorial on automating the creation of GitHub deployment environments using PowerShell and the GitHub REST API.
A developer reflects on six months of full-time open source work, discussing projects, financial challenges, and lessons learned.
Analyzes the 'Time Till Open Source Alternative' (TTOSA) metric, showing how quickly open-source alternatives emerge to challenge proprietary software.
A discussion on overcoming the challenges of starting in open source, featuring insights from Brian Douglas and an introduction to the Open Sauced platform.
A guide explaining how to push a locally created Git tag to a remote GitHub repository, including commands and verification steps.
A summary of the June 2022 Microsoft Cloud South Coast User Group event, covering GitHub workflows, Azure frameworks, and network security tools.
A guide on configuring multiple SSH keys and Git identities to separate work and personal GitLab/GitHub accounts.
A guide to staying current with tech tools using GitHub, Twitter, Discord, and other platforms to track releases and trends.
A developer's argument for moving open source projects from proprietary platforms like GitHub to open source forges, highlighting ethical and sustainability concerns.
How to rename a folder with special characters on GitHub's website using the filename editor or web-based editor.
A technical exploration of how to create a rickroll webpage that bypasses modern browser autoplay restrictions using standards-compliant web development techniques.
Argues that GitHub's 'Create a merge commit' option is the best merge strategy for maintaining a clear, useful Git history with atomic commits.
Explores how tech companies expand beyond their core products, creating competing services and causing decision paralysis, framed as 'UNIX Capitalism'.
A developer describes being surprised and honored to receive an Open UK award for contributions to open source technology.
Explains why Markdown is an essential skill for developers, covering its uses, basic syntax, and benefits for productivity.
A former open-source user reflects on past entitled behavior and explains the hidden costs of user demands on project maintainers.
Explains how to use a specific folder from a GitHub repository as an npm dependency using the degit tool.
A guide on how to evaluate the accessibility (a11y) of npm packages before using them in a web project.
A step-by-step guide to renaming the default branch from 'master' to 'main' in both a local Git repository and on GitHub.
