Chris Wanstrath

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Deploying ExpressionEngine from GitHub

@hivelogic has a great, in-depth tutorial on Deploying ExpressionEngine from GitHub with Capistrano.img http://img.skitch.com/20090625-px5tn5xx49w1qi97apmj96ehtu.png http://hivelogic.com/articles/view/deploying-expressionengine-github-capistranoThanks Dan!

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Hosting Python on GitHub?

If so, @dinoboff has you covered! github-tools includes a “PasteScript template, Paver tasks and Sphinx extension to setup a new package and easily host it on GitHub (including its documentation)”.img…

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Code Watch in the App Store

Code Watch is now available on the App Store as a paid version which supports private repos and a free version for open source.img http://img.skitch.com/20090525-e9smww21a2bmcijeaincr2gqdb.png http://www.highorderbit.com/codewatchCheck it out!

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GitHub Twilight Theme

The GitHub Twilight Theme by @miksago is a way to make GitHub… dark.img http://img.skitch.com/20090519-sbqmt73aujis735e9t28xkne.png http://userstyles.org/styles/18041Requires Firefox, Stylish, and Greasemonkey.

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GitHub Pages Overview

@quirkey has written a great Guide to GitHub Pages, specifically on using the built-in Jekyll integration.img http://img.skitch.com/20090504-n4wr7imm2bk9de3w234c9qg167.png http://www.quirkey.com/blog/2009/05/01/github-pages-for-fun-and-winCheck it out and start busting out some awesome documentation for your projects!

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Circa

Circa is a programming language designed for for rapid prototyping by @andyfischer.The intro page has some good information and the syntax example highlights some interesting ideas: — The @ operator…

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Open Source CoverFlow

‘Nuff said. Grab the code and check the README.img http://img.skitch.com/20090429-8ik7kuq27mn2rk6ni5thn5nmjq.png http://github.com/mattball/MBCoverFlowViewNicely done @mattball!

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iOctocat on Your iPhone

iOctocat is now available on the App Store: http://itunes.com/apps/ioctocat@dbloete has written a blog post announcing it and promising some cool future features (like commit details).img http://img.skitch.com/20090429-fhj6p5benrh1h21ci62ik3bpas.png http://dbloete.github.com/ioctocatNaturally it’s open source:…

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UserVoice Style Issues

GitHub Voice by @tristandunn is a UserVoice-like jQuery plugin for GitHub Issues. Add it to your project’s page or website for ultimate sleekness:img http://img.skitch.com/20090429-fjd5int2sdpnf1jy8k7bxaxyhs.png http://github.com/tristandunn/github-voiceGrab the code from http://github.com/tristandunn/github-voice. Thanks…

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GitHub: Best Young Entrepreneurs

BusinessWeek has named the GitHub cofounders some of the best young entrepreneurs of 2009.img http://img.skitch.com/20090423-84bcfw91kyr181seqc25dhfedh.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0421_best_young_entrepreneurs/17.htmThanks to everyone who tweeted their support and thanks to BusinessWeek for the write up.

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Amanda!

Amanda developer @djmitche writes: I’m a developer of Amanda, which has been around and open source for over 15 years, but has always had a fairly small development community. We’re…

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GitHub at Open Source Bridge (Portland)

@mojombo, @pjhyett and I will be doing a panel at Open Source Bridge in June on Bootstrapping Your Open Source Business.img http://opensourcebridge.org/badges/submit240.png http://opensourcebridge.org/proposals/270It looks like it’ll be a fun conference…

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Issues Bonanza!

As soon as we rolled out version 2 of the API, people started building things with it. Here are some interesting Issues based projects:img http://img.skitch.com/20090420-bwyj4aat2skhi4dstbeu8jum17.jpg lighthouse-to-github – Lighthouse to GitHub…