Michelle Duke articles - 126 total
GitHub Copilot - Methods, modes, and Models: Which one is the best?
When someone asks "what's the best [insert type of tool]", the answer usually is "it depends". What's...
GitHub Issues or GitHub Discussions? What's the difference, and when should you use each one?
Tabs or spaces, Python or JavaScript, Windows or Mac, Issues or Discussions? Everything depends on...
Best community tech Discord servers to join
Joining a Discord server can be a lot of fun. Engaging in the tech community is super valuable, and...
Game developers: use AI to build your game with Razer AI Game Copilot
I recently wrote an article on Razer's announcement of WYVRN, which includes the release of their AI...
Compiling 2025: Goals, strategies, and milestones
This is a submission for the 2025 New Year Writing challenge: Compiling 2025. Reflecting on your...
Debugging 2024: Lessons learned, wins, and achievements
This is a submission for the 2025 New Year Writing challenge: Retro’ing and Debugging 2024. I'm one...
♻️ RePurposeful: Recycle, upcycle, or donate your unwanted items ♻️
This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot Challenge : Fresh Starts and can also be considered under...
Release Radar · October 2024: Major updates from the open source community
Hacktoberfest is over, Spring cleaning is underway in the Southern Hemisphere, and the Northern...
Release Radar · September 2024: Major updates from the open source community
We're heading into the spooky season, which means Hacktoberfest has also started. This is a...
Release Radar · August 2024: Major updates from the open source community
As winter comes to a close in the Southern Hemisphere ❄️, and summer ends in the North ☀️, developers...
How to test websites: Using SIRV and Playwright for test driven development (TDD)
I've been working on a few websites, for our wedding and for a food translation website for...
Release Radar · July 2024: Major updates from the open source community
Whilst the best athletes in the world are competing, our developers are hard at work shipping updates...
Release Radar · June 2024: Major updates from the open source community
We've hit the halfway point of 2024. While some are catching rays on the beach or snow on the...
Deep learning with cats
This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer. ...
Release Radar · May 2024: Major updates from the open source community
While the Northern Hemisphere springs into a fresh era 🌷, the Southern says goodbye to Fall (or...
Release Radar · April 2024 Edition: Major updates from the open source community
We're right into the thick of the year, and developers worldwide are shipping software in all...
Release Radar • March 2024 Edition
Some of you around the world may have been eating chocolate this past week. Others might be enjoying...
Release Radar • February 2024 Edition
The GitHub Release Radar is a monthly round up of open source projects that shipped major version...
Support the projects you rely on: GitHub Sponsors
GitHub Sponsors was launched in 2019 and has been a great avenue for maintainers and open source...
The GitHub Community Roundup - 2024.02.23
As we draw the curtains on the last full week of February, we celebrate the awesome work from our...
The GitHub Community Roundup - 2024.02.16
Between Valentine's Day, Chinese New year, and everyone getting back into the swing of things, we've...
Take your career to the next level: GitHub Universe create your own agenda
GitHub Universe 2023 is starting in less than two weeks! This year, it's all about you. There's three...
Hacktoberfest has started! Are you doing these things?
Hacktoberfest 2023 is in full swing with many developers already posting on social media their four...
How to get more suggestions from GitHub Copilot
Have you ever wanted more from GitHub Copilot? Has GitHub Copilot ever made a suggestion where you...
Prompt engineering for AI: what is prompt engineering and how to get good results from AI engines
AI has taken over! Everywhere you look there is some new artificial intelligence tool for almost...
Want to speak at a conference? Top tips for getting a CFP accepted
You have been working on something cool, and now you want to talk about it? How to do you get...
5 Tips to future-proof your career: How to outsmart automation
AI and automation is on the rise. People are worried they'll be replaced by machines who can think...
Don't let the robots take your job: top 5 skills needed to stay employed
The robots are coming?! Wrong, they are already here. Artificially intelligent programs are taking...
How to automatically close your issues once you merge a PR
It's really annoying go through all your issues, and close each one once a feature request or bug...
How to automatically ship releases for your project. Why release?
Lots of people who work on open source projects, or weekend projects, often don't do software...