In this special edition of Open Source Fridays, we celebrate Maintainer Month and Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Andrea is joined by Joe Devon, tech entrepreneur and co-founder of GAAD, and Ed Summers, blind developer and head of accessibility at GitHub. They discuss the origins of GAAD, the importance of accessibility in technology, and GitHub's pledge to advance accessibility in open source projects.
GitHub
Software Development
San Francisco, CA 4,784,761 followers
The AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software.
About us
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
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https://github.com
External link for GitHub
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2008
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Employees at GitHub
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Edd Wilder-James
TPM Director for Copilot at GitHub | AI, developer tooling, security
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Bradley Dunn
Helping Developers and Companies Build Better Software Faster at GitHub
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Philip T.
GitHub | IT Engineering
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Clay Nelson
WW Industry Solutions Strategy Lead @ GitHub | Enterprise Software, Agile Methodologies
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We built a backend REST API—and GitHub Copilot significantly sped up the process. 👀 Find out how Copilot can help fast-track your API development. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gtt5i3CT
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It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! ❤️ GitHub believes in an open source world where everyone can participate and thrive. So today, we're taking the GAAD pledge, committing to: ✅ Empowering people with disabilities in open source. ✅ Championing open source assistive technologies. ✅ Enhancing accessibility in mainstream projects. We'll continue to improve the GitHub platform, forge strong partnerships, and support our vibrant open source communities every step of the way. Find out more about our goals. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gCtET-79
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Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. In this stream, we'll build some new tools by starting with the requirements and then using Copilot Agent Mode to help us build it - live!
Rubber Duck Thursdays - Building from requirements with Agent Mode
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⚠️ Problem: Accessibility issues still slip through, even with good design systems, causing frustrating delays and friction. ✅ Solution: GitHub's Accessibility Design team created targeted annotations to eliminate ambiguity, improve communication, and speed up development. In this two-part blog series, learn how to: 🧩 Use annotations more effectively with your components. 🗂️ Document important accessibility details before development starts. 🚀 Build a set of Preset annotations for your own design system. Start implementing more accessibly by default. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gvXZ9KaX
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🚀 It's HERE! GitHub Copilot agent mode is now in preview for Visual Studio 17.14! 🎉 Plan, build, test, and fix all from one prompt with Copilot autonomously handling tasks. Check out the blog post for more details! 📖 https://msft.it/6045SZusl #visualstudio #githubcopilot #agent
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10 PRINT "101 BASIC GAMES - PURE NOSTALGIA!" 20 PRINT GOTO 10 A treasure trove of type-in classics now lives at https://lnkd.in/gSFUbTT6 And GitHub Copilot can even help you decode the classics—even if BASIC isn’t your first language.
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