Company
Date Published
Author
Sarah Guthals
Word count
437
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Editor Tools team at GitHub is focused on enhancing the developer experience by understanding how developers use their tools and identifying gaps in their extensions. To achieve this, they are improving their metrics collection and conducting usability studies to gain insights into developers' workflows and collaboration methods. Their goal is to integrate more of the GitHub experience into development environments, thereby supporting developers more effectively. The team is committed to protecting user privacy and is only interested in gathering data that indicates the success of their features. They are actively engaging with the developer community through studies, particularly with users of Visual Studio, and encourage participation in their open-source projects by highlighting "Good First Issues" for newcomers.