Developer Relations at @GitHub. AI whisperer. Into #ai #gamedev #opensource. All onions are pwn. 🤘🏻
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Late to the game, but I finally took the GitHub Copilot app for a spin tonight… wow.
In a few prompts & few minutes, I had a self-solving 3D Rubik’s Cube visualizer + solver with smooth animations, speed controls, and GitHub contribution graph mode 🤯
leereilly.net/rubiks-rubrics…
Lee Reilly retweeted
#GitHubUniverse is happening today!!! For anyone who can't make it IRL we've been working on an insiders virtual experience for you💜🧑🏾🚀
It includes the keynote, special guest interviews, hands on sessions and a virtual badge✨ Its not too late to join tinyurl.com/25saa8vv
#GitHubUniverse badge just went digital… and yes it runs Doom.
Customize your own, play and share it with #badger26. gh.io/virtualbadger
Sign up to join us virtually (for free) at githubuniverse.com
Other conferences: Our badges have LEDs!
#GitHubUniverse: Hold my BFG.
badger.github.io/virtual/
I've been running GitHub Game Off for 15 years, and I still love seeing what people build.
We're back Nov 1!
First game or fiftieth, solo or with friends. Use whatever tools you like, even AI.
gameoff.github.com
Great video on why hackathons are fun 👇
Ever been to a hackathon? Follow participants throughout their day, from badge to the final demo.
What you can learn from attending a hackathon ⬇️
github.blog/developer-skills…
Lee Reilly retweeted
💾 Save the date: GitHub Game Off returns November 1.
The theme? █████
Join the jam now and be the first to know the theme when the clock strikes 13:37 PT.
itch.io/jam/game-off-2026
GitHub’s star history API is here! ⭐
I built Star Chart with Copilot CLI for the #GitHubCopilotDayContest #Sweepstakes: self-updating README charts for your repo's star history.
github.com/leereilly/star-ch…
But would they walk 500 miles?!? 🤔
( da lat da... da lat da, da lat da... da lat da...
da-da-da dun-diddle un-diddle un-diddle uh da-da
da lat da )
Scott McTominay and Lewis Ferguson have covered the most distance in the whole World Cup so far 🏃♂️🏃♂️
#BBCFootball #FifaWorldCup
I fragged 13 baddies and survived 57 seconds in a procedurally generated Quake level (seed 1383976721). Thirty years later, Quake still slaps. #Quake30 leereilly.net/quakelike/
Quake just turned 30 🎉
I opened the source in the GitHub Copilot app and started experimenting 🤯
🌐 Ported to the web + mobile
🤖 Copilot in the console (!)
🗺️ Procedurally generated levels
🎵 SoundCloud integration
📸 Screenshot + animated GIF capture
📺 CRT, ASCII, and other visual effects
✨ and more...
Give it a try (and PRs welcome):
leereilly.net/quakelike/
Happy #quake30!
The #WorldCup2026 is almost here - show who you're supporting with leereilly.net/fanframe-world….
Add your country's colors to your profile picture and use it across GitHub, X, etc.
Perfect for explaining your absence in team meetings or (friendly) rivalry in chats...
ALT WorldCup2026 avatar generator - showing Scotland's colors and the text SCO added to @leereilly's avatar.
Lee Reilly retweeted
A long time ago in a terminal far, far away…
we asked Copilot CLI to build a Star Wars crawl from the GitHub Changelog.
It delivered.
Watch it happen 👇 #MayThe4th
OpenClaw: After Hours 🦞
June 3rd @ GitHub HQ + online
Talks. Snacks. Drinks. Questionable lobster memorabilia. Good company.
RSVP 👇
github.blog/open-source/regi…
Pretty happy with my #7DRL game, SN@KELIKE 🐍
✓ ASCII art
✓ Mashup of Snake x Rogue
✓ Made with GitHub Copilot CLI
✓ Procedurally generated dungeons
🏅 45th place (out of 190)
Play: leereilly.itch.io/snakelike
Source: github.com/leereilly/snakeli…
Beat my high score. I dare you.
Ladies.
githusb.com/u/leereilly
ALT Report card: husband material or just a committer?
What happens when you build a GitHub CLI extension with Copilot CLI?
P̶r̶o̶g̶r̶a̶m̶ ̶M̶a̶n̶a̶g̶e̶r̶ Dungeon Master @leereilly created one that turns your repo into a dungeon ... with procedurally generated levels and bugs that fight back. ⚔️
Here's how to enter the battle. ▶️
github.com/leereilly/gh-dung…