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Andrea Griffiths

Andrea Griffiths is a Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub, where she hosts Open Source Friday, Checkout, and The GitHub Podcast. She believes in fundamentals over hype and helping developers ship better code.

Open-source

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🚗 Main Branch: The One Where Agents Learned to Drive - Issue #15

Feb 23, 2026

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5 min read

🚗 Main Branch: The One Where Agents Learned to Drive - Issue #15

GitHub Agentic Workflows, Copilot in Zed, and the free-tier tools quietly running half my stack.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🦞 Main Branch: The One Where the Lobster Gets Loose - Issue #14

Feb 16, 2026

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5 min read

🦞 Main Branch: The One Where the Lobster Gets Loose - Issue #14

196k GitHub stars in 60 days. 5,700 community skills. One bot that publicly shamed a maintainer. Let's talk about OpenClaw.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🧠 Main Branch: The One Where Issues Made the Playoffs - Issue #13

Feb 9, 2026

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4 min read

🧠 Main Branch: The One Where Issues Made the Playoffs - Issue #13

Pinned comments, semantic search, and a git alias you'll use every day

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Frameworks

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⚙️ Main Branch: The One Where We Cut Through the AI Noise - Issue #12

Feb 2, 2026

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⚙️ Main Branch: The One Where We Cut Through the AI Noise - Issue #12

What devs need to know about AI coding tools, plus Copilot CLI tips you can use today.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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🏎️ Main Branch: The One Where Everything Gets Faster - Issue #11

Jan 26, 2026

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5 min read

🏎️ Main Branch: The One Where Everything Gets Faster - Issue #11

35% of issues now load in under 200ms. Plus: the Files Changed update you've been waiting for.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Open-source

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👩🏽‍🚀 Main Branch: The One About Intentional Architecture - Issue #10

Jan 19, 2026

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4 min read

👩🏽‍🚀 Main Branch: The One About Intentional Architecture - Issue #10

Cloudflare acquired Astro. Here's why the design philosophy matters more than the ownership.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Security

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🥷🏽 Main Branch: The One Where Security Is Free - Issue #9

Jan 12, 2026

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4 min read

🥷🏽 Main Branch: The One Where Security Is Free - Issue #9

Five ecosystems in one week. CodeQL in three clicks. Your repo is probably missing both.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Health

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🚀 Main Branch: The One Where Tooling Gets Faster - Issue #8

Jan 5, 2026

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4 min read

🚀 Main Branch: The One Where Tooling Gets Faster - Issue #8

TypeScript 7 is 10x faster. Your Actions page finally works. And my 2026 prediction.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Giveaway

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🎁 Main Branch: The One With the Prize Winners - Issue #7

Dec 29, 2025

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3 min read

🎁 Main Branch: The One With the Prize Winners - Issue #7

Giveaway winners announced + a Git tip you'll actually use.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths
💰 Main Branch: The One Where Actions Got Cheaper? - Issue #6

Dec 22, 2025

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5 min read

💰 Main Branch: The One Where Actions Got Cheaper? - Issue #6

The best infrastructure is the one your team actually uses.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

AI Tools

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💡 Main Branch: The One With Git Tips Nobody Tells You - Issue #5

Dec 15, 2025

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4 min read

💡 Main Branch: The One With Git Tips Nobody Tells You - Issue #5

Use commands most people miss

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

AI Tools

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🔌 Main Branch: The One Where It's Not an API - Issue #4

Dec 8, 2025

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4 min read

🔌 Main Branch: The One Where It's Not an API - Issue #4

MCP explained. No hype, just what you need to know.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Workflows

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🔎Main Branch: The One Where Code Reviews Got Actually Better - Issue #3

Dec 1, 2025

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5 min read

🔎Main Branch: The One Where Code Reviews Got Actually Better - Issue #3

Review faster: batch suggestions, instant context, less noise

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Security

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🔐 Main Branch: The One Where Actions got Hardened - Issue #2

Nov 24, 2025

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3 min read

🔐 Main Branch: The One Where Actions got Hardened - Issue #2

OIDC tokens got smarter and pull_request_target gets locked down

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

Workflows

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🚢 Main Branch: The One Where Everyone Missed the Good Stuff - Issue #1

Nov 17, 2025

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4 min read

🚢 Main Branch: The One Where Everyone Missed the Good Stuff - Issue #1

While everyone was talking about AI agents at Universe, these features shipped quietly. Here's what you missed.

Andrea Griffiths
Andrea Griffiths

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