The latest blogs from GitHub

Sorry I missed last week, hopefully I can get this out weekly from now on. As always, check out this guide to see what you can do to help your…

Lift, the simply functional web framework, has hit version 1.0. Congrats to @dpp and all the contributors!img http://img.skitch.com/20090226-d9d9wkns36wte1spthgpcu67if.png http://liftweb.netWhat is Lift? According to the website: Lift is an expressive and…

Some of our friends in Minnesota will be participating in the F1 Web Challenge this weekend by creating a free website for a nonprofit.img http://img.skitch.com/20090226-euharguaq79mqtd8578g1behxa.png http://www.f1webchallenge.comBe sure to check out…

Cufón is fast text replacement with canvas and VML – no Flash or images required. Check the about page or usage page on the wiki for more infos. Of course,…

@sschroed has created git-phone, an open source GitHub iPhone app. Ever wanted to peek at an iPhone app’s source? Now’s your chance!img http://img.skitch.com/20090226-fbk2jpe14i5xen4n1r191mh2pa.png http://github.com/sschroed/git-phoneYou can find more screen shots on…

There’s now an unofficial but updated Grails mirror at http://github.com/chanwit/grails. Follow along and never miss a commit!img http://img.skitch.com/20090225-x8imnrtinwmsj32i4ei5yfwyq5.png http://grails.org

img http://img.skitch.com/20090225-gcwgt6q5xcg1jjx33pn6fhrm1t.jpgWe’re not sure but think that’s @tapajos under the mask on the left.

img http://img.skitch.com/20090222-8ycbtt4mw3tytma39m8xu436q1.png http://go.davepeck.orgI used to be really into the game of Go. I even made my own board once from a panel of Beech wood. Painted the lines and dots…

If you’re new to Git and/or GitHub and want to take your skills to the next level, you’ll definitely want to check out [Git and GitHu]( A Free Course”:http://rubylearning.com/blog/2009/02/10/git-and-github-a-free-course/) by…

Want to get on Rebase? Find out how.Stats BreakdownFeatured Projectdynomite is an open-source Erlang implementation of Amazon’s Dynamo, a distributed key-data storage that strives for high availability. At Amazon, this…

@tav has created tweetapp, a framework for creating Twitter apps on App Engine. Twitter’s own API lead @al3x had this to say about it earlier:img http://img.skitch.com/20090217-nxnwx1wy576962pycgejnjj2ip.png http://twitter.com/al3x/status/1220086318It uses Twitter’s new…

You heard me right. php_app manages a pool of persistent PHP processes and provides a simple API to evaluate PHP code from Erlang.The blog post gives a quick overview and…

I hope everyone had a Happy 1234567890 Day! To commemorate the ultimate geek moment, we’ve decided to give you the ultimate geek gift: more disk space on every GitHub account!Free…

This morning I downloaded and ran Frock, a flocking chicken simulation written in Lua with Löve (a 2D game framework for Lua).Why? Not entirely sure, except that I remember bird…

Yahoo recently extended YQL to enable developers to define custom table schemas for 3rd party services. Seeing this, @spullara decided to collect some custom table schemas together in one place.…

Edit: This feature has been replaced by Releases.This evening we rolled out a Downloads section for all repositories wherein repo members can upload files. Tag releases are also listed beneath…

img http://img.skitch.com/20090210-xrypc923ceu1pbj3kwxx714gm3.pngTonight we rolled out a massive change to how we generate downloadable archives. Now when you hit the zip or tgz icon you’ll see a “loading” box as we…

img http://img.skitch.com/20090210-ki5psk2u56umjyyrjexs7ejrid.png http://code.quirkey.comThe most rewarding part of running GitHub is seeing all the great code and ideas that people are showing off via the site. Earlier tonight I saw a…

img http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/3258791960_c2411f2925.jpgStarring @3n, @takeo, and @lansing, and taken by @KirinDave (my old coworkers from Powerset/Microsoft). Some sleuthing shows this to have been taken at Casa Bonita in Denver. In addition…

@$ git rebase –continue@Stats BreakdownThanks to Feedzirra, the stats are back!Featured Projectvisor adds a system-wide hotkey that can bring up your terminal, much like games that allow instant access to…

The very clever @tlrobinson has taken the Game of Life and used it to generate arbitrary line drawings, starting with the Reddit alien. The code is called life-gen and hosted…