Main Branch spotlights the GitHub features, language fundamentals, and workflows that have a real impact on your day-to-day development. Real releases, real lessons, delivered right when you need them.
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🥇 Main Branch: The One Where the Old Commands Win
There's a lot of purple AI-generated noise out there right now. Let's cut through it with Git 2.54's new history command and the switch/restore split you should actually be using.
🏪 The one where GitHub becomes an App Store
GitHub fixed the SBOM timeout nobody talks about, gh skill shipped with a warning I think you should read, and I gave a talk in Chile that reminded me why I do this.
🔐 The One Where Your Credentials Stop Living in .env
Tax season reminds us that 'future me will handle this' is always a lie. This week GitHub shipped two things that reduce the amount of stuff you have to manually manage.
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Hi, I'm Andrea Griffiths
I created Main Branch to focus on the fundamentals of software development. In a world of AI hype and rapid framework churn, I believe mastering the core tools and concepts is the best way to build resilient, high-quality software.
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