South East Asia's First RedDotRubyConf
Southeast Asia’s first ruby & rails conference… because it’s about time! RedDotRubyConf was conceived to bring together rubyists from all over this part of the world to talk, learn and discuss Ruby...
View ArticleFluxflex: GitHub-integrated Cloud Hosting, Starting at $1 Per Month
FluxFlex, a Tokyo- and San Jose SF-based (Just learned they had recently moved to SF’s co-working space pariSoma) tech start-up specializing in developing an easy-to-maintain cloud hosting service,...
View ArticleJapanese Programmer Community ‘Qiita’ Passes 10,000 Users
Qiita, an online programmer community for programmers in Japan, has just surpassed the 10,000 registered user milestone. Qiita was created by Increments Inc., and since it was initially launched back...
View ArticleChina Blocks Social Coding Site Github
Sad Octocat is sad… Chinese developers are waking up to a little bad news this morning, as it looks like social coding platform Github has been blocked in China, according to the folks over on GigaOm....
View ArticleSocial Coding Site Github Unblocked and Accessible Again in China
It was just two days ago that my colleague reported on how the social coding site Github had become blocked in China. But today we notice that it is accessible again within the country on two...
View ArticleWhite House Petition Calls for Architects of China’s Great Firewall be Denied...
A user-submitted petition has gone up on the White House website that calls for the chief architects of China’s censorious Great Firewall to be “denied entry to the US.” If the petition reaches 95,160...
View ArticleIndian government orders ISPs to block Vimeo, Github, and 30 other sites...
(Update on January 1: The Government of India has initiated action to unblock the following sites – Dailymotion, Github, Vimeo, and Weebly. According to a press release by the government, the blocked...
View ArticleGitHub enters Japan, its number 2 market, to spread open-source love around Asia
GitHub, the world’s largest code repository, is big in Japan. At a press conference in Tokyo today, co-founder and CEO Chris Wanstrath (pictured above left) announced the opening of the company’s...
View ArticleMedia goes gaga over study showing women code better than men. The truth’s...
The media went wild with a study claiming that women are better coders than men. The truth is more nuanced than that.
View ArticleUS-based Mural used this pitch deck to raise $23m at the 500 Startups Demo Day
Mural is a digital workspace where users can create diagrams, flow charts, and maps and work with teammates, clients, and customers.
View ArticleIsraeli startup Komodor used this pitch deck to raise $21m in Accel-led round
Founded by ex-Google and eBay employees, the startup provides developers with the context they need to solve issues efficiently and independently.
View ArticleBinance invests in music NFT platform
Through Melos Studio, creators can use NFTs to record their compositions on the blockchain and collaborate with other musicians in the ecosystem.
View ArticleSequoia-backed browser testing startup appoints GitHub exec as COO
Prior to becoming LambdaTest's new COO, Maneesh Sharma held leadership positions at GitHub India, Adobe, and SAP.
View ArticleMicrosoft’s GitHub culls over 140 jobs from India team
GitHub told Tech in Asia that the layoffs were part of a previously announced reorganization plan that will reduce its global headcount by 10%.
View ArticleWhy AI will empower and not replace developers
While the rise of generative AI platforms has led some to fear for their jobs, the new tech may just shift how developers are empowered by businesses.
View ArticleExclusive: SEA crucial to GitHub’s growth strategy, CEO says
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke sees growing demand for the firm’s AI code generator Copilot and plans to reduce latency for users.
View ArticleSoutheast Asia crucial to Github’s growth strategy, CEO says
GitHub CEO addresses copyright issues and Blibli witnesses profit surge despite revenue decline
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