“somewhat prominent member of the OSS community” open source @github, @openjsf & @SustainOSS Alum:@mozilla @UN 📸@facesopensource // @abbycabs@hachyderm.io
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Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
The launch of Stacked PRs is one of the biggest releases in @github history, touching almost every service we run
I wanted to share some details about how we built it and everything that went into it
Strap in folks, this is gonna be a long one 🧵
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
The team is on a roll this week with ‘maintainer love’ features. Automatic duplicate detection as your users are creating issues on your project 🎉
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Now live 🎉
Repository admins can now restrict issue creation to collaborators only.
This is a highly requested follow-up to the pull request controls we shipped in February, and a big step toward giving maintainers more control to help reduce low-quality contributions.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
PR limits are live 🚀
Repo admins can now cap how many open PRs a user without write access can have at once, with a bypass list for trusted contributors.
A big step toward helping maintainers manage contribution volume and reduce PR noise.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
drowning in low-quality PRs?
we're giving maintainers the power to set contribution limits, starting with a PR cap for outside contributors and an allowlist for your trusted ones.
sneak peek below 👇
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
👋 I'm the PM on GitHub's Maintainer Love team, and we're focused on making your life easier.
If you could wave a magic wand, what is the #1 feature you'd want us to ship? No idea is too tiny - the smallest changes often have the biggest impact.
Drop your wishes below. 👇
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Ever visit a GitHub Issue and wonder when the fix shipped?
Release info is now directly included in the issue sidebar alongside the linked PR.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Hey folks, had some conversations about this today so thought it would be helpful to be clear.
GitHub does not and does not plan to include advertisements on the platform.
We recently identified a programming logic issue in the GitHub Copilot coding agent that caused a 'product tip', including a third-party suggestion, to appear incorrectly in a pull request comment. This issue was introduced on March 24 during a rollout that expanded Copilot’s ability to contribute to any pull request when requested to by a developer.
As a result, a third-party link was mistakenly displayed in a way that could be interpreted as a promotion. Our goal was to share novel ways to use Copilot coding agent, and in this case, we highlighted our integration with Raycast as part of a broader set of product tips, but this was surfaced more frequently than intended alongside other feature suggestions. We have removed Copilot agent tips from all pull requests moving forward.
We appreciate the community flagging this and apologize for the error.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Is it building in the open or is it getting excited about what our team is cooking 👀
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
This has been a HUGE ask from maintainers for a while, super excited about it shipping!
Turn off comments on commits:
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Two of the top GitHub Actions community requests are now live
1. Timezone support in crons
schedule:
- cron '30 5 * * 1-5'
timezone: "America/New_York"
2. Use environments without auto-deployments
environment:
name: staging
deployment: false
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
The standard libraries already include π. But where’s the fun in that?
Happy #PiDay! 🍕
ALT A computer screen displays code for a Monte Carlo simulation using pizza. The background features a grid with pizza splats. The code includes a Python function, `estimate_pi_from_pizza_splats`, with calculations to estimate Pi. On the screen, a message reads: "After 10,000 throws, Pi is served: #result" where #result represents a variable.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
I have built one of the strongest DevRel teams in the game! We are often praised by other companies for how we're educating the software engineering industry as they are incorporating AI into their workflows.
My team is at the bleeding edge of agentic engineering. They have been on the front line learning, building, and teaching AI.
Unfortunately, with the latest Block RIF, the majority of them are on the market. If you're looking for a Developer Relations Engineer, Technical Community Manager, or Tech Writer who is well versed in AI and creating impactful content, I have an entire roster available.
Please reach out to me for your next hire 🙏🏽
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
I made a little off-the-cuff remark about "the joy of being a maintainer" while interviewing @mitchellh with @abbycabs last week and can't stop thinking about it so I wrote about what brings me joy as a maintainer :) helen.blog/2026/02/the-joy-o…
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
I'll be live on OSS Friday by GitHub in ~45 minutes.
We’re going live in less than an hour 👀
At 3pm ET / 12pm PT, @helenhousandi and I will be live with @mitchellh, talking about Vouch and what community trust actually looks like in open source.
Hope you can join us.
youtube.com/watch?v=0npMvuh7…
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
This week on Open Source Friday 👇
10 a.m. PT: @fkadev demos how to turn prompt libraries into living tools (not static lists).
12 p.m. PT: @mitchellh talks vouch, a community trust management system to protect issues, pull requests, and contributors.
Set your reminders. 🔔
gh.io/githublive
Abby Cabunoc Mayes retweeted
Maintainers, this one is for you github.blog/open-source/main…
