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How does Developer Relations (DevRel) create value? What 13 interviews revealed.

2026-03-11 · 7 min

The question of how Developer Relations (DevRel) teams create value has been answered plenty of times (though rarely through systematic research). In 2024 I looked into it properly through 13 interviews with DevRel leaders, culminating in an MBA dissertation at Warwick Business School, unearthing a couple of surprises along the way. This series works through what I found.

GitHub Copilot SDK demo: Creating "Flight School"

GitHub Copilot SDK demo: Creating "Flight School"

2026-02-05 GitHub

Chris Reddington demonstrates "Flight School," a custom Next.js application built to personalize his learning journey using the GitHub Copilot SDK. See how he leverages agentic workflows to generate daily coding challenges based on his GitHub profile, evaluate solutions against test cases, and automatically export projects to new repositories.

Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with GitHub Copilot SDK

Rubber Duck Thursdays - Let's build with GitHub Copilot SDK

2026-01-29 GitHub

Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. This week we explore how to bring the power of GitHub Copilot into your apps with the GitHub Copilot SDK, building hands-on examples and discussing patterns for integrating AI-powered coding assistance directly into developer tools and workflows.

Flight School

Flight School

2026-01-26 GitHub

AI-powered coding practice platform built with the GitHub Copilot SDK. Personalized challenges, real-time evaluation, and learning guidance based on your GitHub profile.

Context windows, Plan agent, and TDD: What I learned building a countdown app with GitHub Copilot

Context windows, Plan agent, and TDD: What I learned building a countdown app with GitHub Copilot

2026-01-20 · 14 min GitHub

Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.

Timestamp

Timestamp

2026-01-08 GitHub

A countdown app where every countdown is a URL. Create custom countdowns, timers, and world clocks for any occasion with multiple visual themes and instant URL sharing.

Rubber Duck Thursdays - It's time to build!

Rubber Duck Thursdays - It's time to build!

2026-01-08 GitHub

Chris showcases Timestamp, an open-source countdown timer app built with vanilla TypeScript featuring an extensible theme system, world map wall clock, and 2500+ unit tests with 300+ Playwright end-to-end tests. He deep-dives into structuring GitHub Copilot custom instructions vs agents vs prompt files, demonstrates manager-specialist agent patterns, and walks through GitHub Actions automation for issue forms and theme scaffolding.

2025 saw an explosion in CVEs: Here's what the data shows

2025 saw an explosion in CVEs: Here's what the data shows

2026-01-05

Quoted as a GitHub expert on the importance of integrating security tooling into development lifecycle and the role of AI in secure coding practices.