Abby Cabunoc Mayes

Has mentoring in open source gotten harder? I wrote up my #FOSDEM talk on the @github blog The core framework: Comprehension, Context, Continuity. Comprehension and Context get you reviewed. Continuity gets you mentored. github.blog/open-source/ma…

Two of the top GitHub Actions community requests are now live 1. Timezone support in crons schedule: - cron '30 5 * * 1-5' timezone: "America/New_York" 2. Use environments without auto-deployments environment: name: staging deployment: false

The standard libraries already include π. But where’s the fun in that? Happy #PiDay! 🍕

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Full conversation with Mitchell: youtube.com/live/0npMvuh7q… If this resonates, I tried to turn the same problem into a short, practical FOSDEM talk: tactics maintainers are using to keep mentorship sustainable as volume scales. Recording: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/…

“AI is destroying my humanity.” @mitchellh (HashiCorp; Ghostty, Vouch). From a conversation @helenhousandi and I had with him. Not an anti-AI take. A maintainer capacity take. Creation got cheaper. Review didn’t. Maintainers: what’s helped you keep mentoring sustainable?

I made a little off-the-cuff remark about "the joy of being a maintainer" while interviewing @mitchellh with @abbycabs last week and can't stop thinking about it so I wrote about what brings me joy as a maintainer :) helen.blog/2026/02/the-jo…

I'll be live on OSS Friday by GitHub in ~45 minutes.

We’re going live in less than an hour 👀 At 3pm ET / 12pm PT, @helenhousandi and I will be live with @mitchellh, talking about Vouch and what community trust actually looks like in open source. Hope you can join us. youtube.com/watch?v=0npMvu…

We’re going live tomorrow 👀 At 3pm ET / 12pm PT, @helenhousandi and I are chatting with @mitchellh to talk about Vouch and what community trust actually looks like in open source See the full Open Source Friday lineup 👇

This week on Open Source Friday 👇 10 a.m. PT: @fkadev demos how to turn prompt libraries into living tools (not static lists). 12 p.m. PT: @mitchellh talks vouch, a community trust management system to protect issues, pull requests, and contributors. Set your reminders. 🔔 gh.io/githublive

Maintainers, this one is for you github.blog/open-source/ma…

"The Synthetic Senior" — my #FOSDEM talk on AI + open source mentorship The 3 C's for finding contributors worth investing in: 💡 Comprehension ⚙️ Context 🔄 Continuity Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

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Catch me at FOSDEM in just over an hour in the Community Devroom! Excited to share some thoughts on FOSS mentorship in the age of AI. We're in UB5.230 -- learn from my mistakes & go through the U courtyard to get in fosdem.org/2026/schedule/…

Today at GitHub we're rolling out a new issues search in preview. In internal testing, the average list position has improved by 39% with the new semantic search in addition to returning more matching results.

One of my favorite parts of FOSDEM is catching up with maintainers 💜 This year we're adding a Monday morning unconference for maintainers. You bring the topics. Joining us? 🍕 Sunday Night Social: gh.io/fosdem-2026 ☕ Monday Unconference: gh.io/fosdem-2026-un…

Building for what lasts. At work, in community, and at home. My 2025 year in review → @abbycabs/abbys-2025-year-in-review-5ff0c2541536" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@abbycabs/abby…

Guiding AI is like mentoring a new contributor. Has working with AI changed how you review or give feedback? In our final GitHub Podcast episode @cassidoo, @abbycabs and @helenhousandi explore tiny wins, accessibility-driven UX, and what AI can teach us about better collaboration. the-github-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/tiny-…

She wrote a patent about TIME TRAVEL but still keeps developers grounded in reality🕰️ @techgirl1908 on balancing visionary thinking w/ practical AI: "Everyone wants to be a visionary, but developers are exhausted by the hype." gh.io/podcast