10 technical talks I’m excited about at GitHub Universe 2026

A GitHub Universe attendee outlines a session agenda focused on practical challenges in AI-assisted software development, dependency security, developer tooling, and unreliable internet access. Key interests include understanding npm package provenance and permissions, determining when coding agents should retain or discard context, sharing AI instructions and tools across teams, and enforcing fine-grained authorization for agents using hosted MCP servers. The selections also examine production-quality AI evaluations, methods for agents to verify generated code and investigate failures safely, architectures that separate deterministic incident analysis from language-model narration, and defenses against GitHub Actions supply-chain attacks. Additional sessions cover Vite+ as a possible consolidation of JavaScript tooling, lessons from building offline-capable technology for communities in Ghana, and designing reusable agent skills for recurring workflows.

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