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People are focused on recent GitHub service instability and incidents, including an 8-hour outage with cascading failures, autoscaling issues, and a VS Code retry storm. Separate threads also highlight user frustration and how it’s being leveraged by Cursor to launch a GitHub rival hosting platform, alongside an issue rate/error-rate complaint.

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Key Takeaway GitHub’s recent outages and elevated error/issue rates are driving user frustration, while competitors market “frustration” as an opening.
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  • GitHub blames 8-hour outage on autoscaling fail and VS Code retry storm githubstatus.com
  • AI-bedrijf Cursor brengt GitHub-concurrent Origin uit Tweakers
  • GitHub programmer ports playable Doom to DSLR camera with 3-inch TFT LCD display — Canon EOS 550D with open-source Magic Lantern firmware uses camera's button as controls, even plays sound Tom's Hardware
  • GitHub details cascading failures behind its massive 8-hour outage on Monday githubstatus.com
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What are slash commands?

Slash commands are text shortcuts you type directly into the GitHub Copilot app’s chat composer. Start by typing / and an autocomplete menu appears, showing the commands available in your current context. It’s a small character with a lot of potential, opening the door to shortcuts that help you work with Copilot in new ways. If you’re coming from the CLI, here’s the key difference: CLI slash commands are designed around a terminal-first workflow. Things like adding directories, setting your working directory, and managing terminal access happen through commands. This makes sense, because the

A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app
Why use slash commands?

Slash commands may look like simple shortcuts, but they can change how you interact with Copilot. They help you move faster, stay focused, and quickly access the workflows you need. Instead of digging through options or breaking your focus to find the right tool, you can type a command and keep moving. A single / opens up the list of slash commands that can help you move faster, explore new ideas, and get the most out of the app. Let’s take a look at some of the slash commands available in the GitHub Copilot app and how they can fit into your everyday workflows.

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What’s Next?

Making our products more secure by default is a priority across npm and GitHub and we are prioritizing this work to target and disrupt supply chain attacks across the open source ecosystem. We’re proud of the work we’ve shipped towards this goal over the past months. There’s more to come, but we wanted to provide an update on the progress we’ve made and make folks aware of the new capabilities available to them. Be sure to follow our changelog and blog posts as we continue to roll out improvements. Open source software is an incredible public good that we all benefit from, and this is one of s

Disrupting supply chain attacks on npm and GitHub Actions
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