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Hiya friends,
This week GitHub shipped two updates that share a theme: making the stuff you already do feel faster. No new features to learn. Just less waiting.
Performance work doesn't get enough credit. Nobody's posting Twitter threaded posts about shaving milliseconds off load times. But when your issues snap open instantly and your PR reviews stop lagging? That's the kind of improvement that compounds every single day.
🚢 What Shipped
GitHub Issues just got significantly faster. 35% of issue views now load in under 200ms, up from just 2% at the start of the year. That's not incremental. That's a different experience.
This is live now on github.com. You need to be signed in, but there's no opt-in required. It works in your repo's issue index, your Issues dashboard, and inside GitHub Projects. The team says this is the first in a series of performance improvements, so expect more.
Remember the new Files Changed experience I covered back in November? It's now rolling out as the default for everyone. No more opting in.
The highlights: you can comment on any line (not just changed lines), the file tree is resizable with indicators for comments and errors, and draft comments now save locally so you won't lose work if your browser crashes. There's also a new experimental mode for large PRs that uses virtualization to keep the page responsive. If you hate it, you can still switch back, but give it a week first.
Large PR? The new virtualized view keeps things responsive.
📺 What I'm Watching
A bit of a "myself" moment here, but I had a great conversation with the creator of Clawdbot. Peter Stenberger is one chill guy who came out of retirement to build this tool and keeps a fundamentals-first approach to AI that I really respect. No hype, just practical and with the security rigor all projects need.
Worth your time if: you want to hear someone who's been around the block talk about building AI tools without losing the plot.
🔧 What I'm Using
The Copilot SDK just hit technical preview and I've been having way too much fun building with it. I made a "Tinder for issues" prototype. Yes, really.
Next issue, I'm going deep on Copilot CLI. It's the kind of tool that handles the grunt work so you can focus on the interesting stuff.
✨ This week
Last weekend I went full hyperfocus mode finishing a masterclass in Spanish (more on that soon). Great for getting things done. Not so great for those around me (sorry, hubby and kiddos). I forget to eat, sleep, exercise, and exist as a person when I'm in this mode. You adobo-brained folks can relate, I'm sure. Let's find some balance this week. Keep me accountable.
That's it. Performance isn't flashy, but it compounds every day.
Forward this to your team if it was useful. Reply and tell me what you want to read about.
With gratitude, I'll see you next week,
Andrea
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