https://omarcrosby.com/tags/github/ Recent content in Github on Omar Crosby https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg https://omarcrosby.com/images/og.jpg Hugo en-us Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:58:00 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-projects-automation-in-plain-language/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:58:00 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-projects-automation-in-plain-language/ A plain-language tour of GitHub Projects (v2) and the three overlapping layers of automation that keep a project board in sync with issues and pull requests — built-in workflows, GitHub Actions, and the GraphQL API. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-actions-workflows-in-plain-language/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:57:00 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-actions-workflows-in-plain-language/ A jargon-free introduction to GitHub Actions — what a workflow is, how it differs from an action, what every top-level YAML key does, which events can trigger a workflow, how jobs and steps compose, and the gotchas most teams only discover in production. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-rulesets-in-plain-language/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:56:00 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-rulesets-in-plain-language/ A plain-language, option-by-option tour of GitHub Rulesets — what each rule actually blocks, how multiple rulesets layer on the same branch, how Evaluate mode lets you preview a rule before enforcing it, and the gotchas most teams only find out about the hard way. https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-repository-settings-in-plain-language/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:55:00 -0400 https://omarcrosby.com/posts/github-repository-settings-in-plain-language/ A jargon-free walkthrough of every section under a GitHub repository's Settings tab — what each option actually controls, which ones most teams get wrong, and the ones that matter more than they look.