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An AI tool integrated into GitHub that writes code on your behalf. It is the original pioneer that opened the era of the "AI coding assistant." Its flagship features are code autocompletion and a chat-based assistant, installed as an extension in integrated development environments such as Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, and JetBrains IDEs. The chat-based assistant is used throughout the development process, including explaining code, suggesting bug fixes, and writing test code. In August 2026, "Spec Kit" was released to help developers organize requirements and design before writing code, expanding the tool's scope to intervene from the design stage prior to implementation.

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2026.08.18 – 2026.09.16 · High 7 · Low 18 · Now 9

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GitHub Copilot · Recent announcements

  1. 1,306Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations2026-09-15
  2. 903Nitter is unarchived and will continue2026-09-06
  3. 1,120Audacity 4.02026-09-03
  4. 893AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link2026-09-01
  5. 981CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO2026-08-27
  6. 646Tailcat – Like netcat, but over Tailscale’s data plane2026-08-26
  7. 497I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer2026-09-08
  8. 417bzip32026-09-07
  9. 404Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework2026-08-28
  10. 324Fable 5.1 World Modeling2026-09-02
  11. 321GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released2026-09-11
  12. 276Kimi K3 (2.8T) at 1 token/s on a MacBook Pro, streamed from four SSDs2026-09-08
  13. 232Qwen 3.8 follows GPT-5.5 Pro reasoning prefills2026-09-09
  14. 237StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator2026-08-29
  15. 225Show HN: Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s2026-09-01
  16. 228uv: Deduplicate all files in the wheel cache2026-08-31
  17. 218Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance2026-08-27
  18. 212A 386 PC for Your RP23502026-09-14
  19. 208Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model2026-08-27
  20. 272useagenthq/useagent — Hand off the work. Get back the result. The open-source AI coworker for your team: agents with their own cloud computer, your tools and context, handing back finished work - websites, decks, spreadsheets, reports, PRs. Runs Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode on your subscription.2026-08-29
  21. –OpenClaw went viral. Meet the maintainers building and securing it.2026-08-27
  22. –GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Automate Dependabot pull request triage2026-08-26