{"id":26689,"date":"2016-09-16T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T12:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26689"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T12:25:52","slug":"github-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/16\/github-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/\">GitHub<\/a> has recently <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/universe-2016\">announced a whole lot of improvements<\/a> to their service and functionality. \u00a0For me personally the following bits were super exiciting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Improvements to the code review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/16\/github-improvements\/reviews-popover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?fit=900%2C920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reviews popover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?fit=660%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover-489x500.png?resize=489%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"reviews popover\" width=\"489\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?resize=489%2C500&amp;ssl=1 489w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?resize=768%2C785&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/reviews-popover.png?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Approve or require changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re no longer left on your own to figure out if a comment was important. Or if that emoji means \u201cGo ahead, looks great!\u201d Or \u201cPlease no, this is likely going to bring the site down!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Reviews, you can leave your comments as suggestions, approve the changes, or request additional changes\u2014on any pull request.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Improvements to the GitHub Profile page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26691\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/16\/github-improvements\/github-profiles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles.gif?fit=980%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"github profiles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles.gif?fit=660%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26691\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles-500x327.gif?resize=500%2C327&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"github profiles\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles.gif?resize=500%2C327&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/github-profiles.gif?resize=768%2C502&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>See what\u2019s behind your green squares<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GitHub profiles show your life and career as a developer. 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