Building personal apps with open source and AI
Hear about the personal tools we use to improve our workflows (and how to get started building your own) on this episode of the GitHub Podcast.
Kedasha Kerr
Kedasha is a Developer Advocate at GitHub where she enjoys sharing the lessons she’s learned with the wider developer community. She finds joy in helping others learn about the tech industry and loves sharing her experience as a software developer. Find her online @itsthatladydev.
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GPT-5 in GitHub Copilot: How I built a game in 60 seconds
How GitHub’s new MCP server and GPT-5 are revolutionizing developer workflows — with live build examples.
Why we open sourced our MCP server, and what it means for you
Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.
GitHub for Beginners: Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to help review and polish your code.
GitHub for Beginners: Test-driven development (TDD) with GitHub Copilot
See how to use GitHub Copilot to engage in some test-driven development.
GitHub for Beginners: Building a React App with GitHub Copilot
Follow along and build a frontend client using React and Copilot Chat.
GitHub for Beginners: Building a REST API with Copilot
See how you can use GitHub Copilot to build an API.
From prompt to production: Building a landing page with Copilot agent mode
See how I built a developer-focused landing page in under 30 minutes using GitHub Copilot agent mode and Claude 3.5 Sonnet—with just screenshots and prompts.
GitHub for Beginners: Security best practices with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot to make your code more secure.
GitHub for Beginners: How to get LLMs to do what you want
Learn how to write effective prompts and troubleshoot results in this installment of our GitHub for Beginners series.
GitHub for Beginners: Essential features of GitHub Copilot
Get the most out of Copilot with code completion, inline chat, slash commands, Copilot code review, and more.
GitHub for Beginners: How to get started with GitHub Copilot
Get started with GitHub Copilot and navigate features like Copilot Chat in this installment of the GitHub for Beginners series.
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Setting up and securing your profile
As part of the GitHub for Beginners guide, learn how to improve the security of your profile and create a profile README. This will let you give your GitHub account a little more personality.
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Merging a pull request
As part of the GitHub for Beginners guide, learn how to merge pull requests. This will enable you to resolve conflicts when they arise.
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Creating a pull request
As part of the GitHub for Beginners guide, learn how to create pull requests. This will enable you to suggest changes to existing repositories.
Beginner’s guide to GitHub: Adding code to your repository
Take the next step in our GitHub for Beginners series and add code to your repository. Learn how to create branches and upload changes into a pull request.