Abby Cabunoc Mayes

“somewhat prominent member of the OSS community” open source @github, @openjsf & @SustainOSS Alum:@mozilla @UN 📸@facesopensource // @[email protected]

[Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs]

Has mentoring in open source gotten harder?

I wrote up my #FOSDEM talk on the @github blog

The core framework: Comprehension, Context, Continuity. Comprehension and Context get you reviewed. Continuity gets you mentored.

https://t.co/PpjGJYrAD4

[Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs]

@jesstemporal @focusotter @auth0 I’ve never had so much fomo for an event I just found out about! I’m here in the beaches 😅

[Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs]

@nickytonline @techgirl1908 @mcpsummit Oh heyyy welcome to Toronto!

Wow how did I miss this event was happening?

[Sameen Karim @sameenkarim]

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 🧵

[Cassidy @cassidoo]

Okay so now that we shipped stacked PRs, what's the next biggest request you have for GitHub to take on?

[Cassidy @cassidoo]

stackception

[Martin Woodward @martinwoodward]

The team is on a roll this week with ‘maintainer love’ features. Automatic duplicate detection as your users are creating issues on your project 🎉

[Camilla Moraes @moraes_c_]

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.

[Camilla Moraes @moraes_c_]

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 @abbycabs]

AI is changing open source.

What happens to contributor pathways, maintainers, and community health along the way?

Let's talk about it.

(I'll be joining between newborn naps 🐣)

SustainOSS AI, FLOSS & Sustainability Forum:
https://t.co/ZGujmClZi6

[Camilla Moraes @moraes_c_]

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 @abbycabs]

@acolombiadev thank you!

[Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs]

Two big arrivals this May 💜🐣

https://t.co/VXFma9WIUU

#MaintainerMonth

[Camilla Moraes @moraes_c_]

👋 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. 👇

[Sameen Karim @sameenkarim]

Excited to share our progress on @GitHub Stacked PRs 🥞

[Matthew Isabel @matthewisabel]

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.

[Cassidy @cassidoo]

You can now create GitHub Issues directly from Slack in natural language!

Mention @GitHub in any channel and describe your work, and the app creates structured Issues in your repo (and sub-issues, too).

[Martin Woodward @martinwoodward]

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.

[Helen 侯-Sandí @helenhousandi]

Is it building in the open or is it getting excited about what our team is cooking 👀

[Cassidy @cassidoo]

This has been a HUGE ask from maintainers for a while, super excited about it shipping!

Turn off comments on commits:

[Abby Cabunoc Mayes @abbycabs]

A local GitHub meetup in Toronto?? Count me in ✨

GitHub Copilot Dev Days - Toronto #1 is April 2nd and I'm so here for it. Demos, lightning talks, snacks, and community. Drop me a line if you'll be there!

https://t.co/hHcFrMYcmu