It is a law of the universe that if a device has a screen and a few buttons, somebody will eventually make it run Doom. So when Charlie Birks shared a Doom firmware image for last year's conference badge, I had to get it running on the new GitHub Universe 2026 badge with those fancy capacitive gaming controls.
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I closed out GitHub Universe this year with crowd-surfing plushies. a giant rubber duck, giving away a year of Copilot Max, and celebrating 10,000 steps on a conference badge like we'd just landed on the moon. It was silly edutainment. It was meant to be.
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Yoo-hoo! My 9 year old Furby Connect is resurrected, thanks to some open source magic and a lot of help from GitHub Copilot. Remember Furbies? Those adorable, slightly creepy electronic pets from the 90s? I always wanted one as a kid, but they were a little too pricey for my pocket money budget.
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Say Hello to VibeCodr, the ultimate vibe coding accessory designed to enhance your programming flow and productivity. This project combines hardware and vibe coded software to create a unique experience that brings joy with every press.
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Thanks to the power of GitHub Copilot's Agent mode, I've recently created a new blog using Astro and ported all 521 of my old blog posts from a HTML archive into the new site.
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Ever wanted to bring some GitHub flair to your workspace? The Octolamp is a 3D printable, GitHub-themed smart light that combines the iconic invertocat silhouette with modern smart home technology.
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Halloween is the perfect time to combine technology with spookiness, and this year I've created something rather special: a build status indicator that brings your CI/CD pipeline to life in the most festive way possible.
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A few folks have been commenting on my camera setup so here are the deets. There are cheaper ways to achieve some of the same results and possibly better ways to - however this is what I ended up with. Sony A6600 with 18-135mm zoom lens.
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There are a bunch of really cool Raspberry Pi based clusters out there such as: 5 years of Raspberry Pi Clusters - From the Official Raspberry Pi blog Jeff Geerling's Blog - lots of tips on building RPi based clusters Turing Pi - RPi cluster in a Mini-ITX sized mount that takes care of network and power.
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Like many developers, I contribute to open source projects at home – usually to scratch an itch, learn something new or just to contribute to something I love using myself. However, I work for the open source .NET Foundation which means I have a dream job of getting paid to work on open source.
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