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Pressure didn't kill the craft. It brought us back to it.
Pressure didn't kill the craft. It brought us back to it.
At the heart of every technological shift in the last 50 years lies the developer. Someone who saw it before anyone…
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AI won’t take your job. But your intern might.
AI won’t take your job. But your intern might.
Vibe coding was Collins Dictionary’s 2025 word of the year. “An emerging software development that turns natural…
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You're one of us: Unleashing the passion, joy, and love of coding to the world
You're one of us: Unleashing the passion, joy, and love of coding to the world
Below are my prepared opening and closing remarks for GitHub Universe 2024. Thanks for joining! HELLO Universe! Welcome…
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Kyle Daigle shared thisDevelopers pushed code to GitHub 17.9 billion times this past year. That's more than 2024 and 2025 combined! It'd be easy to look at a number like that and assume slop. More agents, more noise. But when you dig into this year's Octoverse report, it tells us a much fuller story. A novelist built a free app that makes a manuscript look like a book as you type. Someone built custom 3D-printable tool organizers. Repos serving mining, construction, health care, and agriculture have each grown several times over since 2022. Hobbyists, makers, and professionals alike, not necessarily in software, are now building with agents. The people closest to the problem are building the solution, and taking an idea from a sporadic weekend thought to something real both for themselves and entire organizations. A few other numbers worth digging into: - 225M+ developers on GitHub, with the US and India each adding 10M+ this year - 40%+ of pull requests now start with an agent's first draft, up from 17% in March - 1.3B merged pull requests, about 3.5M a day A few short years ago, we were talking about what AI and GitHub Copilot could mean for developers, and for the everyday person with a problem to solve. The potential has now converted into hard numbers. This year’s Octoverse report gives us a glimpse into this new era we’re ushering in, not just in software but for humanity. Dig into the full Octoverse report. And for everything we announced at Universe today, read Jay Parikh’s blog post.👇
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Kyle Daigle shared thisTomorrow marks our 12th GitHub Universe. Year after year, GitHub and software have evolved alongside each other, with Universe ushering in each new era: GitHub Actions in 2019, GitHub Copilot in 2021, and now, agents. What hasn't changed is who it's for. Universe exists to remind people what it means to be a developer. We take everything we know about a global community of 225M+ and turn it into an experience they can feel. As we move further into the age of agents, I believe we've also moved into an era where the developer's voice carries more weight than ever. Developers have never had more say in the tools their companies choose. When something makes them better at their craft, their teams follow, and so do their companies. It’s never been a better time to join our flock and write your first line of code. So, we build Universe for the developer in every attendee. More announcements you can touch minutes after the keynote, experiences as quirky as the community, and moments that remind you why you even started building in the first place. There are a lot of good memories as I reflect on the last 11 Universes, and man are we ready to make a few more. ♥️ Join us tomorrow at 9 AM PT for the Day 1 keynote with Jay Parikh. See you soon.
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Kyle Daigle shared thisWe sold out in-person Universe tickets this year, but I'm hoping you can still show me what you got. 😄 I’ve got a few extra customizable GitHub keyboards that we’ll ship to three people who can build a wild custom canvas that makes their workday better in the GitHub Copilot app. To enter: - Reply to the thread on LinkedIn (below) or X with a public repo link by Wed., Oct 28 @ 5 PM PT. - One entry per person. - Project must be your original work and built in the GitHub Copilot app I’ll pick three winners based on originality, effective use of GitHub Copilot, usefulness, and quality. I’ll contact winners by DM. Open to U.S. residents age 18 or older. (Sorry! Sweepstakes rules.) GitHub and Microsoft employees aren’t eligible. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.
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Kyle Daigle shared thisMy 12-year-old and I spent last weekend building on this year’s Universe hackable badge. Calling these badges undersells them a little. Over the years, they’ve evolved from e-ink display to tiny computers. This year we've built in an accelerometer that flips the screen when you look down at it, and capacitive gaming controls that feel natural in your hand. And we've updated the badges AGENTS.md, so Copilot knows how to code and deploy to the badge, making it easier to build your own apps and games. Every year we ask ourselves how can we make Universe better for the developer. You can throw a bigger stage at it, but it doesn’t replace those deeply developer-first, sometimes quirky experiences that our community craves. More hands-on development. Product announcements you can hear in a keynote and get your hands on minutes later. Thats the whole point of Universe: turning the spirit of a global community that spans nearly every corner of the internet into a physical experience. Or better yet, a home. ♥️ There’s much more in store at Fort Mason this year. I hope you’ll join us.
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Kyle Daigle shared thisGitHub’s greatest asset is our community. It started with a group of folks who were passionate about open source, then software development all up – and now with a spike in hobbyists and makers alike – folks who want to solve real-world problems, both for themselves and for humanity. We didn’t get to 225M+ developers because we knew it all. We grew with the community. When our community won, we won, and when we missed the mark, they were sure to tell us about it (and they should). For nearly two decades we’ve built a hard-won resolve that’s shaped what it means to be developer first, and I’m excited for us to represent this across Microsoft. Events like Microsoft Build, this month's Windows launch, and GitHub Universe is just a sliver of what the team is working on. I’ll always say the work is never done. I’m bullish in that way, but I’m incredibly proud of GitHub, Developer Marketing, the community and this era we’re stepping into together. The way GitHub thinks about developers is becoming the way Microsoft thinks about developers – and as a developer, that’s pretty special. ♥️ More soon on what’s next at GitHub Universe, Oct 28-29 at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Hope to see you there! https://lnkd.in/eff7kkYdMicrosoft 2.5: GitHub COO Kyle Daigle on stitching the developer universe togetherMicrosoft 2.5: GitHub COO Kyle Daigle on stitching the developer universe together
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Kyle Daigle shared thisBuilding with AI has unlocked so many new ways of experimentation. It's changing what we build, how we build, what problems we can solve, and what's even possible. Not every task is a "frontier problem". That's what makes me so excited about bringing intelligent model routing with the ability to use on-device, local models automatically with GitHub Copilot. Particularly on the new Surface Laptop Ultra that I've gotten to use the last several months (more on that soon 😉). With GitHub Copilot's new intelligent model routing capabilities, it coordinates local and cloud inference for you behind the scenes, starting with our first local model, MAI Code 1.1 Flash, running right on your machine. You tell Copilot what to build; it figures out where the intelligence runs, and you keep the choice and control when you want it. The experimentation and power that having a capable device, operating system, and coding agent working together with local models is what makes today so exciting. Can't wait for you all to get to experience this too! For more on GitHub Copilot: gh.io/localdevelopment For all of today's Windows ships: lnkd.in/gFaRcv_XBringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub CopilotBringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot
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Kyle Daigle shared thisCopilot Code brings building into Microsoft Copilot, giving more people a way to turn an idea into an app, tracker, dashboard, or other working solution using natural language. It's a meaningful shift in the art of creation. The urge to make things... to tinker, to solve a problem, to create something novel is one of the most human instincts there is. Now that's unlocked for far more people. Beyond the advancement of AI and workflows, this is a significant step in how many will express the ingenuity that's simply been there all along. Jacob shares more about the new Microsoft Copilot and what we're building. Really looking forward to hearing what folks build with this!Kyle Daigle shared thisPeople started by asking AI questions. Now they're delegating tasks, building solutions, and automating work that runs in the background. We see those patterns in trillions of productivity signals across Microsoft Copilot. Office set the shape of productivity for the PC era. Copilot is doing that for the AI era, expanding both what people can do and who gets to do it. Today we’re introducing the new Copilot, an evolution of the Copilot app that connects the tools people rely on with the next generation of capabilities they’ll need to build, customize, and scale AI across work. Copilot has three new capabilities: Office in Copilot brings the full value of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint right where the conversation’s happening. Code in Copilot empowers every knowledge worker to turn ideas into solutions using natural language. And the new Autopilots tab in Copilot where you can create a personal autopilot that is persistent and proactive. Learn more: https://msft.it/6044a956o
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Kyle Daigle shared thisI've spent hours sometimes weeks improving my own OpenClaw. You can say I was one of the Mac Mini goobers. 😅 Then my brother Baxter (not a developer) asked me about it, which gets at a much bigger shift. For years, open source has been packed with stories of developers solving seemingly small problems across the ecosystem. Get enough people with the same issue and within weeks you’ve got a community of folks around the globe all building in pursuit of a shared vision. Now, layer on AI, and we’ve got the same rich stories that we know and love, but faster – and with even more people, like hobbyists, makers, and even my brother joining the mission. OpenClaw is the perfect example. A small weekend project 🦄 Peter Steinberger built last November. Just six months in and it's grown into the fastest-growing project in GitHub history, with people who'd never opened a pull request before landing their very first. This agentic era, in many ways, is a continuation of the spirit, community, and collective problem solving that so much of GitHub was built on. Couldn’t be more excited for Peter and all the maintainers, for seeing this story told, and for what this community will keep putting out into the world. After all these years, still the home of developers, still the home of open source. ❤️
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Kyle Daigle shared thisThere truly has never been more choice in software. More models, tools, and ways to build than at any point in the history of our craft. Yet, nearly two decades in, developers are STILL choosing GitHub. Today, in Microsoft earnings, we shared that 225M developers call GitHub home – a 45M jump since February 2026 alone. That’s 45M individual decisions, made by people who had every option in the world at their disposal, and chose to build here... with us. To our community: thank you. Thank you for choosing us year after year, for the feedback that's shaped how we ship, and for trusting us as a platform, but most importantly, as a home to bring your ideas to life. And increasingly, you’re doing that alongside GitHub Copilot. GitHub Copilot now has 50M users – a nearly 50% increase since October 2025. Every major coding agent runs on GitHub, and one in three pull requests on the platform now involves an agent. For nearly 20 years, GitHub has been the platform developers choose. Not by accident or some fad, but by shipping and innovating relentlessly in service of one thing: the developer. That’s the bet, and it’s one we’ll continue to make. Thank you for choosing us. Let’s keep building. ❤️
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisI can't believe it's been a week since GitHub Universe 2026! A huge thank you to GitHub and GitHub Education for inviting me to San Francisco to be part of this amazing experience. I want to be honest about what this meant to me. Without their support, attending an event of this magnitude simply wouldn't have been possible for me at this time. It was the kind of opportunity I imagined might come years from now, not today... but they made it happen! I'm deeply grateful that they invest in students and early-career developers this way. As one of nine GitHub Campus Experts from around the world invited to Universe, I had a full week: Monday at GitHub HQ. We toured the office and met the GitHub Next team, who shared what it's like to work on ideas that won't become real products for another two or three years. It was fascinating to hear how they approach building for a future that doesn't exist yet. We then sat down with Kyle Daigle, GitHub's COO, for an open conversation where any of us could ask him anything, from how GitHub makes decisions to advice for our own careers. Day 0: GitHub Community Day. We headed back to GitHub HQ for a second day. There, I attended a panel with GitHub leaders including Kyle Daigle, Cassidy Williams, Vladimir Fedorov and luis bitencourt-emilio. Then, I spent the rest of the day on the many activities planned for us. Along the way, I got to meet several GitHub Stars, people from non-profit organisations, and builders from all corners of the software world. Day 1: Universe opening keynote. From reserved seats in the front rows, we watched Jay Parikh lay out GitHub's vision for software delivery in the agentic era. Highlights included Copilot Fusion becoming generally available, Copilot Projects and Copilot Automations in the Copilot app. Day 2: Universe closing keynote. Again from the front rows, we watched a keynote dedicated to open source, maintainers, students and developer joy, complete with hackable badges demonstrated live! If I tried to write about every session, every conversation and every person I met, this post would turn into an endless list. There were hallway chats that turned into long conversations, sessions that changed how I think about my own work, and moments I'm still processing a week later. More than anything, I'm leaving with new friends, a lot of inspiration, and a renewed motivation to keep building and to bring what I learned back to my community. A special thank you to 🇵🇷 Pj Metz, Program Manager of the GitHub Campus Experts program, for making this possible and for looking after us every step of the way. Your care for this community shows in everything you do!! I don't know when I'll be back, but I know this week will stay with me for a long time. See you all in the future! #GitHubUniverse #GitHubCampusExperts #GitHubEducation
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisGitHub Universe in San Francisco this year was truly amazing, and my heart is full of gratitude. 💜 I had the joy of being a panelist on two sessions. At Universe, I shared the stage with David A. Wheeler and Angie Jones on "Still open: How AI reshaped open source," moderated by Ashley Wolf. With the Django Software Foundation, The Linux Foundation OpenSSF, and the Agentic AI Foundation in the room, we explored what has changed for contributors, maintainers and foundations, and what open source governance needs next. At GitHub HQ, I joined Scott Wadsworth and Avni Khatri on "Building an AI-Native Career: Lessons from Two Industry Pathways." We talked about how to approach the shift in engineering: where to embrace AI fully, and where to set the guardrails. Loved the brilliant insights from Idan Gazit, Cassidy Williams, Kyle Daigle, and Martin Woodward throughout the week. 🇵🇷 Pj Metz, thank you for opening this door, and for all the hard work that went into making it happen. Huge appreciation for Morgan Ersery, Rachel Cohen and Phoebe Quincy for their support along the way. During the discussions, I briefly mentioned a triangle of Courage, Community and Competence, with AI in the middle (as one of my random philosophies XD). After this week, it's a square: Curiosity earned its corner. ✨ #GitHubUniverse #OpenSource #Django
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisXBOX Nano is officially out in the wild. 🎮 Our first new controller category in almost a decade, and it’s great seeing the early response. Lots of twists, pivots and changes along the way, and an incredible team across design, creative, GTM, packaging, messaging, retail and more who kept pushing and adapting until we got it right. So much craft and care went into something so small. Really proud of the team. https://lnkd.in/eJtuRphz
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisWent to GitHub Universe 2026 with the Campus Experts program and got to speak at the closing keynote ‼️ I did a live interview with Martin Woodward about my community work and career path, from Major League Hacking and RoBorregos at Tec de Monterrey School of Engineering and Sciences to now doing neuroengineering research at UC Davis. All in front of an audience of 600+ people! It was a full week packed with GitHub, GitHub, and more GitHub! It started with a pre-event day at GitHub HQ, followed by Community Day, where I met so many awesome people. My message to students out there will be to continue your own path; it does not matter if it is non traditional, find communities to support you, ask for help, do not be scared of reaching out or applying! Huge thanks to 🇵🇷 Pj Metz for making this possible for Campus Experts, and to Avni Khatri, Martin and Morgan Ersery for giving me the chance to share my story and hopefully inspire more students out there. GitHub's culture truly inspired me :D Recording for the closing keynote: https://lnkd.in/g29p_Gez #githubuniverse #tech #conference #womeninstem #students
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisToday Caveman (YC F26) was invited to be in the Open Source Zone at GitHub Universe. Seven months ago we were just one markdown file on GitHub that made Claude speak like a caveman so it would spend fewer tokens. The repo is at 115,000 stars today, and that file turned into a company. Universe is at Fort Mason in San Francisco on Oct 28 and 29. Come find us at the booth, or message me if you want to meet. Big thanks to Lee Reilly, Morgan Ersery, and the rest of the GitHub team for inviting Caveman. #GitHubUniverse
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisGitHub Copilot is now providing a truly incredible combination of clients, harness, models and enterprise controls. The GitHub Copilot App provides a much better experience than any CLIs, Copilot Fusion is a model option that provides similar performances than the leading model (4% gap) at 58% of the cost, and developers' config (models, skills, agents...) is configured and deployed centrally. Give it a try, you'll love it! (source: https://lnkd.in/e_jxMCCs)
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Kyle Daigle liked thisKyle Daigle liked thisGitHub Universe 2026 was such an incredible experience for me, full of inspiration, excitement, and unforgettable moments! 🥰 This was my second time attending GitHub Universe, but since I became a GitHub Star last October, it was my first time seeing my own GitHub Star tile! I was so honored and excited to have people walk all over me as part of the Stars community! 😂⭐ As a GitHub Star, I also had so many special opportunities to connect with amazing people and participate in exclusive events. These three days turned out to be even more memorable and rewarding than I could have imagined. I’m especially grateful to the GitHub team for all the time and effort they put into organizing these wonderful experiences for us! ❤️ I was also really happy to reconnect and catch up with some amazing people from Microsoft and GitHub! 🥰 It was wonderful to see James Montemagno , who not only spoke at AI Dev Day 2026 but also brought so much energy to the booth and helped us bring the whole event to life, and Seth Juarez , who delivered the keynote at AOAI Dev Day 2025. I had the honor of chairing the organizing committees for both events! I also enjoyed catching up with Jason Etcovitch , who will be visiting Japan for AI Engineering Summit Tokyo 2026, and Christopher Blake , who is coming to Japan next month! A huge thank you to everyone who patiently took the time to talk with me despite my limited English skills. Everyone from GitHub, the Stars, and the Creators community was incredibly warm and welcoming. You all made me feel so comfortable, even when I struggled to express myself in English. This experience has really motivated me to improve my spoken English so that next time, I can have deeper and more meaningful conversations with all of you! I’ve made it back to Japan safely with the raspberry plushie that flew through the air during the closing keynote! Martin insisted that it’s a raspberry, not a strawberry, so I guess I’ll have to make a pie. 🥧😂 I’m also planning to organize a GitHub Universe 2026 recap event in Tokyo on November 21! I’ll be attending the MVP Summit in person next March, so if you’re coming to Seattle, I’d love to see you again there! Thank you all for making GitHub Universe 2026 such an unforgettable experience! ❤️ #GitHubUniverse #GitHubStars #GitHub
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