Badges: assembled. Energy: 🔥 Tomorrow we go live at GitHub Universe—keynotes, demos, EDU-friendly sessions, and yes… a programmable badge. 🎟️ Free virtual pass + schedule → gh.io/AAy5upq

The future of software is happening live at #GitHubUniverse 2025 — and you can be there from anywhere 🌍 Secure your free virtual ticket now at githubuniverse.com and catch every keynote, launch, and surprise.

“Ignorance will break all software.” Log4Shell’s one line of code broke the internet, and taught us all a lesson we can’t ignore. As Christian Grobmeier, maintainer of Log4J puts it: "Learning is the only cure for ignorance. So just keep learning."

More from Hack Club Undercity hackathon at @github.com HQ: 🌱 AutoPlant — automated grow rig: lights/heat/water. Siddharth Naidu, 14, USA ⌨️ Easy75 — 3D-printed 75% mech kb, OLED + encoder. Eddy Zhao, 18, USA ⏱ PomodoroTimer — 3D-printed timer, 4” LCD + knob. Eddy Zhao, 18, USA

Our GitHub Campus Expert at GDGoC UNILAG brought STEM a Child to Mushin, Lagos—introducing 100 students to Python, HTML, Arduino, and embedded systems. Inclusive, hands-on, and mentorship-driven to spark real tech confidence. Thanks Newseed Foundation for partnership.

Students: get resume tips, career guidance, or skill-building advice directly from a @github.com employee in a 1:1 micro-mentoring session! 🗓️ Oct 20–31, ahead of #GitHubUniverse 🎓 Open worldwide to students 18+ ⏳ Apply by Sept 19: gh.io/ghummapp25

🇸🇾 Great to see student programmers in northern Syria competing in local finals. As new trade rules take effect, @github.com is enabling broader access in Syria so more developers can build, learn, and collaborate on our platform. Read the update: gh.io/AAxupgi

More Hack Club Undercity hackathon projects: 📻 USB FM Transmitter — plug-and-play board that sends PC audio over FM. Rudy, 17, Toronto 🍄 Mushroom Lamp — USB-C, addressable-RGB desk light. Cody, USA ⌨️ idiot12 — a keyboard condensed into 12 wireless keys. Ben Wang, 16, Australia

More from Undercity Hackathon at GitHub HQ: ⌚ CF:Watch — cassette-futurism watch by Daniel Benge (16, UK) 🌋 QuakeCord — DIY home seismometer by Yian Lee (16, Taiwan) 📷 Papercam — E-ink digital camera by Arya Chakrabarti (18, United States) Built by Hack Club high-schoolers.

Fresh builds from Undercity hackathon at @github.com HQ: ⌨️ [glyph] — split mechanical keyboard with dual joysticks. hex4 (12, Canada) 🌌 Astrotracker H1 — Star tracker for astrophotography. Jayden (15, USA) 🚚 Hybrid Truck — custom truck go-kart. Tristan Itoh (16, US) By teenage hackclubbers 🤯

🎙️ New episode! The GitHub Podcast: Unlock the power of MCP — and see how it’s shaping the future of AI tools for developers. Listen now → gh.io/podcast

More from Undercity Hackathon at @github HQ: 🖨️ Vanta Mk.I – Experimental SCARA-arm 3D printer. Joshua Lemon (15, USA) 💻 ModuDeck – Fully modular portable computer. Matteo Carey (16, USA) 🔑 PicoDucky – RP2350 USB board for security & automation. Rudy (17, Toronto) Built by Hack Clubbers.

More amazing Undercity Hackathon projects at @github.com HQ: 🎧 MEKO – E-Ink DAC audio player by Balázs Marcel (17, Romania) 🎹 stm32pe – MPE MIDI controller by Danny (17, USA) 🎸 Volt – Bluetooth guitar amp by Ben Wang (Australia) Built by @hackclub.com high-schoolers.

More from Undercity Hackathon at @github HQ: 🌡️ STM32 Non-Contact Thermometer by Samanta (15, India) 💻 Pico+ microcontroller board (RP2350) by Evan Yu (17, Canada) 🔐 MicroKey — open-source hardware security key also by Evan Yu Built by @starthackclub high-schoolers. Engineered with style.

🎙️ The GitHub Podcast is back to explore community stories, tools, trends, and culture in open source. ➡️ Tune in every two weeks for insights from maintainers, newcomer journeys, and fresh spotlight projects like Anime.js, Docs, and CSS Zero. 🎧 gh.io/ghpodcast

The GitHub Podcast

This is the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.

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The Community Exchange Summer Project is live! For the next 7 days, we’re highlighting open source collaboration, hands-on coding, and community learning. Start here: gh.io/AAxdrw0 Catch up on: Day 1: gh.io/AAxdzls Day 2: gh.io/AAxe7bk

More standout Hack Club student creations from the Undercity Hackathon GitHub HQ: 1. Biblically Accurate Macropad (Angel-shaped RP2040 keypad) 👁️ 2. PyP-Boy (Real-life Pip-Boy from Fallout) ⌚ 3. Flora (Interactive blooming flower) 🌸 Built by high-school inventors. More soon!

Part 2 of our summer series highlighting projects from Hack Club’s Undercity Hackathon at GitHub HQ: 1. Mini-Vending Machine (Arduino tabletop machine) 2. SplitWave Keyboard (wireless ergonomic keyboard) 3. Radiant (interactive LED ring inspired by videogames) Built by students, shared by us.

🚨 Last call! Applications to become a GitHub Campus Expert close July 31. 🛠️ Level-up your leadership, run events, and grow your campus tech community. 🔗 Apply now - gh.io/campusexperts

Kicking off our Undercity Hackathon summer series with Hack Club 🚀 Jukebox – Real-life Minecraft music player Icepi Zero – Raspberry Pi–sized FPGA dev board Lover Jet – Arduino-powered RC cardboard jet Built by teenage Hack Clubbers at GitHub HQ. More projects coming soon!

🎉 New tools in the Student Developer Pack! 🔹 ToDiagram → Edit and explore JSON, YAML, CSV, and XML as interactive diagrams. 🔹 SlideCoach → Get AI feedback on your presentations with pacing tips, delivery insights, and Q&A sims. Free for verified students 👇 gh.io/todiagramsdp gh.io/slidecoachsdp

School might be out for summer, but your next side project is in session. This summer, build it - for the joy, for the vibes, For the Love of Code 🧡 github.blog/open-source/for-the-love-of-code-2025/

For the Love of Code: a summer hackathon for joyful, ridiculous, and wildly creative projects

That idea you've been sitting on? The domain you bought at 2AM? A silly or serious side project? This summer, we invite you to build it — for the joy, for the vibes, For the Love of Code 🧡

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SheBuilds is back! A 24h in-person women-only hackathon powered by VLIV x Hack Culture x GitHub. 🧠 Network, build, win from a ₹1.75L+ prize pool 📍 Greater Noida | 🗓️ Aug 1–2 🔗 Register: gh.io/shebuilds

🎓 Educators—save the date! July 11, 9:30 AM IST Copilot Fridays: Copilot for Educators session with GitHub’s Dhanashri Chavan 🌐 ✅ AI-powered lesson planning ✅ Engaging live demo + Q&A ✅ Open to CS & software educators worldwide 👉 Register now: gh.io/AAwu20p

GitHub Copilot for Educators

Empowering the next generation of developers! This session explores how GitHub Copilot can be a transformative tool for educators in computer science and software development.

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🚨 Women in tech, this one’s for you! Join #ScriptedByHer, @Meesho_Official's first-ever women-only hackathon. 💻 Coding challenge → MVP → PPO opportunity 🏆 ₹2.25L in prizes 📍 Online | Deadline: June 24 🔗 gh.io/meeshohack She codes, she conquers. 💪

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Meesho enables Indian businesses—including individual entrepreneurs—to come online and reach a wide base of customers. Today, we support over ~400,000 transacting sellers and ~187 million unique annua...

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One of our Campus Experts trainees, leading the student-led edtech startup Rectify Learn, was featured in The Daily Star. The team is now part of four global startup hubs. Read the story: gh.io/AAwbu5n

Student-led edtech joins four global startup hubs

Rectify Learn, an edtech startup founded by three students from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), has been accepted into four global entrepreneurship support programs: Microsoft for Startu...

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Starting in 40 minutes! Tune in at twitch.tv/githubeducation

GitHubEducation - Twitch

More than a platform. GitHub Education is a commitment to bringing tech and open source collaboration to students and educators across the globe.

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🚨 Incoming live demo! Wed May 28 (1 :30 pm ET - 10:30 am PT) on Twitch with New Relic + OpenTelemetry maintainer Reese Lee. Run the Astro Shop app & analyse telemetry live. Students get New Relic Pro free (worth 300$/month) 🔗twitch.tv/githubeducation

🚨 Incoming live demo! Wed May 28 (1 :30 pm ET - 10:30 am PT) on Twitch with New Relic + OpenTelemetry maintainer Reese Lee. Run the Astro Shop app & analyse telemetry live. Students get New Relic Pro free (worth 300$/month) 🔗twitch.tv/githubeducation

Meet your new AI teammate! Assign an issue to GitHub Copilot coding agent and it spins up Actions, writes code & tests, and ships a draft PR—all under your branch protections. gh.io/codeagentblog

GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent

GitHub Copilot has a new feature: a coding agent that can implement a task or issue, run in the background with GitHub Actions, and more.

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MLHFellows are leveling up open source for #MaintainerMonth: • Consul.NET – new docs & PRs • GR-OSS – repo-wide security audits • Audio/VideoSeal – AI watermark tools Read more → gh.io/AAwbu5g