Inside Open Source Friday

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GitHub Tools and Features

GitHub provides various tools and features to streamline the development lifecycle, including project management, customizable views, automated testing, and security scanning.
GitHub Actions Usage Metrics helps organizations analyze their software delivery lifecycle by providing detailed insights into resource utilization.
GitHub Actions and GitHub Copilot can be used to automate time-consuming and repetitive tasks.

Open Source Friday is a platform where maintainers showcase their open-source projects, share their experiences, and engage with the community.
It originated as an initiative to encourage employees to contribute to open-source projects during work hours and evolved into a live stream hosted by GitHub.
Open Source Friday provides an opportunity for maintainers to promote their work, connect with potential contributors, and inspire others to use and contribute to open-source software.
GitHub Actions were used to streamline everyday tasks, such as sending calendar invites and managing guest information.
GitHub Co-pilot helped automate processes, despite team members not being experts in GitHub Actions.
The automation process involved creating custom GitHub actions triggered by specific labels or events.
Guests can now submit their information through an issue, which automatically generates a calendar invite and assigns internal tracking labels.
The team also used GitHub Co-pilot to resolve a problem with thousands of blank issues being submitted to their private repository.
GitHub Co-pilot helped close over a thousand issues automatically, saving time and effort for the team.
The team emphasizes the importance of keeping security top of mind when using GitHub Co-pilot and GitHub Actions.

The GitHub Actions Marketplace offers over 22,000 actions created by both the GitHub team and the community.
Verified actions have a stamp of approval from GitHub, while community actions do not.
Users can create and publish their own actions in the marketplace and potentially monetize them.
An example of a community-created action is "Generate Snake Game from GitHub Contribution Grid," which visualizes a user's contributions as a snake game.
GitHub Actions can be used to automatically apply labels to pull requests based on file paths or branch names.
GitHub Actions can be used to automate various tasks, such as sending notifications when a branch is updated or ordering pizza.
GitHub Actions has a marketplace where users can share their custom actions.
GitHub Actions can be used to create a task list for a project, such as Open Source Friday, and assign tasks to team members.
GitHub Actions can be used to automate the process of inviting guests to a live stream, including sending reminders and providing prep instructions.
GitHub Copilot can be used to generate YAML code for GitHub Actions, making it easier for users to create custom actions.
GitHub Actions can be used to automate boring and repetitive tasks, freeing up time for developers to focus on more important work.

The speaker, Kadesha, will be speaking at Postcon in May about building a fragrance recommender model using AI and machine learning.
Kadesha will be attending various conferences in the coming months, including VSCode Day, VSCode Chicago, PyCon, Microsoft Build, and Render ATL.
To invite Kadesha to speak at events, contact her manager Ashley.
Render ATL is a conference sponsored by GitHub that offers technical talks, career development sessions, and networking opportunities.

Andrea Colom Udev is a notable figure in the Latin American developer community who actively contributes to open-source projects and engages with the community.

The hosts express gratitude to the audience for their support and emphasize the importance of their participation and feedback in shaping Open Source Friday.
Contributors and maintainers are encouraged to join the show to showcase their projects and share their experiences.