GitHub’s top 10 blog posts of 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, the GitHub Blog reflects on notable contributions from its engineers, product teams, and security researchers, highlighting the top 10 posts of the year. Key developments include the general availability of GitHub Copilot, an AI code-suggesting tool, and the introduction of Mermaid for diagram creation in Markdown files, enhancing visual communication. GitHub also launched new features such as math support in Markdown, the educational platform GitHub Skills, and an Achievements system to recognize developer milestones. Other notable entries include guides on building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and the security-oriented Git Credential Manager. The blog series exploring Git's database internals provides insights into its data storage techniques, with more entries expected in 2023. Laura Lindeman, the blog's editor and strategist, collaborates with various technical experts to effectively present complex ideas.