How Github uses GitHub to develop GitHub

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GitHub runs itself using GitHub issues, projects and a portal called the Hub to track initiatives → epics → batches, with Howie issue templates and slash commands automating labels, boards and RICE scoring. Developers use CodeSpaces 32‑core/64GB prebuilds to eliminate local setup. Releases deploy first via merge trains (then merge only on success), full github.com deployments take ~40–45 minutes, can pause and health‑gate as canaries run. Security uses CodeQL, secret scanning and Flipper feature flags plus Scientist experiments; entitlements and deployment tooling (Hubot, Heaven) are open and auditable.

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1. 0:00Introduction to talk
2. 1:07How GitHub works philosophy
3. 6:04Planning work with GitHub
4. 15:06Building features at GitHub
5. 18:13Developer friction and CodeSpaces
6. 23:08Feature flags and experiments
7. 26:15Pull requests and deployment model
8. 27:59Security practices at GitHub
9. 31:27Entitlements and access control
10. 33:15Automation with Hubot and Heaven
11. 35:44Merge trains and deployment
12. 42:10Q&A session

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