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Carie Fisher

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😻 Accessibility @ GitHub 🎮 XR + AI 💻 Recovering frontend dev ✨ Star Wars fan (obviously) 💁‍♀️ she/her

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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
AI is moving fast, and accessibility needs to move with it. This is a chance to shape how AI and accessibility evolve together 💕 Excited to be speaking with @aaron-gustafson.com at Microsoft Build where we’ll explore how accessibility is shaping the future of AI 🚀
Colorful flyer for Microsoft Build featuring speaker Carie Fisher talking about Can your AI pass the accessibility test? and Shifting accessibility left in AI code
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy (belated) May the 4th ✨ Years past, friends and I had a “brilliant” idea: what if Ask Jeeves was a Wookiee that just growled the answer? 😅 Recently, I built it using AI 🤖
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Accessibility feedback is gold – but at scale, it gets overwhelming ⚡ I built an AI-powered workflow at GitHub that triages accessibility feedback into an actionable pipeline. Less sorting, more fixing 💖 Check it out 🚀 github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...
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Continuous AI for accessibility: How GitHub transforms feedback into inclusion
AI automates triage for accessibility feedback, allowing us to focus on fixing barriers—turning a chaotic backlog into continuous, rapid resolutions.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
What an incredible few days at #AllThingsOpen 🎉 Volunteered at the first accessibility summit, gave a talk with @helen.blog about the open-sourced accessibility scanner, plus watched Ed Summers deliver a keynote 🙌 Be sure to check out the a11y scanner & share your feedback 💖 👉 gh.io/a11y-scanner
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GitHub - github/accessibility-scanner: Finds potential accessibility gaps, files GitHub issues to track them, and attempts to fix them with Copilot.
Finds potential accessibility gaps, files GitHub issues to track them, and attempts to fix them with Copilot. - github/accessibility-scanner
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Looking forward to speaking at #AllThingsOpen with @helen.blog on “Continuous AI for Accessibility: Build Better, Faster, Inclusive Software with GitHub” 🚀 If you’re working on #Accessibility, #OpenSource, or inclusive #AI come say hi after our session 👋 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/con...
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Continuous AI for Accessibility: Build Better, Faster, Inclusive Software with GitHub • All Things Open 2025
Accessibility issues don’t have to surprise you — or your users. Continuous AI for Accessibility is an approach to building accessible products by embedding tools, AI, and best practices directly into...
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
With just about 1 day to go, we've now scheduled the videos for all #id24 sessions. You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 27/08/2025
This was pushed out with a rushed security review, a coerced and unwilling engineering team, and in full opposition to our supposed company values. If you don't want it, tell them. Social media and support forums. Leadership won't listen to employees. github.blog/changelog/20...
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Grok Code Fast 1 is rolling out in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog
Grok Code Fast 1 will be available as an opt-in public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans in Visual Studio Code. Rollout will be gradual —…
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Your feedback matters 🙌 GitHub now remembers your tab width preferences everywhere - more choice, more flexibility, all thanks to your suggestions! Our accessibility team is always turning your feedback into real improvements. Keep sharing - we love hearing from you! 💕 github.blog/changelog/20...
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GitHub consistently maintains user-defined tab-width preferences - GitHub Changelog
What’s changed? Historically, users on GitHub have been able to set their preferred tab width for viewing code, but this preference was not reliably respected throughout the site. Inconsistent tab…
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 16/06/2025
ARIA! It exists and on a long enough timeline you'll need to use it. Here's how to get into the right headspace to do so! #a11y www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/what...
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What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA — Smashing Magazine
[Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/) is an inevitability when working on web accessibility. That said, it’s everyone’s first time learning ...
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Cara Cahalan Laitusis @claitusis.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I love the Microsoft inclusive persona spectrum graphic for accessibility. Since bartender and cataracts don’t fit my main audience of K12 education, I adapted it and thought I would share. @edusky.bsky.social #Edusky #a11y
Infographic: K12 Persona Spectrum with 4 rows and three columns. 
Rows are labeled permanent, temporary, and situational. Columns are Touch, See, Hear, Speak. Each cell has an image with text that include:  
Row 1 Touch: Permanent Person with One Arm Temporary, Person with broken arm, Situational Person Eating Snack.
Row 2 See: Permanent Blind, Temporary Forgot Glasses, Situational Sitting in back of class.
Row 3 Hear: Permanent Deaf, Temporary Ear Infection, Situational Noisy Playground.
Row 4: Speak: Permanent Non Verbal, Temporary Laryngitis, Situational Heavy Accent.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
GitHub just launched enhanced contrast controls — now everyone can customize their theme, even when logged out 🎉 Adjust contrast on light/dark modes to reduce eye strain and boost readability. One more step toward a more inclusive GitHub experience 💪 github.blog/changelog/20...
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Control contrast for all GitHub themes - GitHub Changelog
Enhanced contrast settings! 💻 GitHub is committed to being the home for all developers, and that means ensuring our platform is accessible and inclusive for everyone. Today, we’re providing improved…
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🌈 Color in CSS: More Than Just Pretty Palettes 🎨 Yesterday, I hosted May’s @a11ytalks.com with @aubreysambor.com, who gave an excellent talk on how color impacts accessibility—covering contrast, color-contrast(), oklch(), and more! Be sure to catch the replay: youtu.be/153_6jGZjwc
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Color in CSS - Aubrey Sambor (A11yTalks - May 2025)
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Last week was heavy — celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day while saying goodbye to talented colleagues, including people on our accessibility teams. I’ve shared more thoughts and how you can help/support in my full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/carief...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Day 5 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series is here 🚀 Meet Kelly, a blind tech expert who built custom apps for retirement planning and image descriptions with help from Copilot 📊 When the tools don’t exist, Copilot helps you build them 🤖 github.com/orgs/communi...
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How to use GitHub Copilot to build apps [Day 5] · community · Discussion #159465
Kelly has found current apps don’t meet his needs, he works with GitHub Copilot to build apps to help him plan his retirement and get visual image descriptions. Copilot_Accessibility_Kelly_FINAL_No...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Sitting outside enjoying a cup of coffee today when a bird decided to bless me — not once, but twice 💩🐦 They say it’s good luck when a bird poops on you…but does getting hit a second time negate that luck? 🍀🫠
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Today is day 4 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot series 🚀 Meet tech lead Chris, always looking for ways to level up his skills. Whether he’s diving into Google Cloud or breaking down APIs, he turns to GitHub Copilot to supercharge his self-guided learning 🎓
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How to use GitHub Copilot to document [Day 4] · community · Discussion #159374
@Ckhanoyan saves time by using GitHub Copilot to help him document a new instance in Google Cloud, get commands for API, and more! Copilot_Accessibility_Chris_FINAL_Captions.mov This video is part ...
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A little purr floating your way 🐈‍⬛🤍
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Day 3 of the #GAAD GitHub Copilot Series 🚀 Tom, a software engineer intern with dyslexia, uses Copilot to stay in the flow. It helps him quickly grasp unfamiliar codebases with summaries and explanations — boosting his confidence and speeding up feature development 🧠✨🙌 github.com/orgs/communi...
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How to use GitHub Copilot to understand a codebase [Day 3] · community · Discussion #159232
Select Topic Area Show & Tell GitHub Feature Area Copilot Body @TomSmail uses GitHub Copilot to get a deeper understanding of his codebase’s analytics which helps him build more quickly 🚀. This vid...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Day 2 of our #GAAD GitHub Copilot video series 🚀 Meet @meryl.bsky.social — speaker & accessibility champ who was born deaf & relies on captions 🧏‍♀️ Note-taking during calls plus reading captions? Tricky. Thankfully she had a copilot to help her summarize the key points 🗒️ github.com/orgs/communi...
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How to use GitHub Copilot to get meeting transcripts [Day 2] · community · Discussion #159086
@merylke shows us how she uses GitHub Copilot to serve as a sidekick for notetaking during calls. Copilot_Accessibility_Meryl_FINAL_Captions.mov This video is part of our Five ways you can use GitH...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Each day this week, we’re spotlighting a new video featuring a person with lived experience using GitHub Copilot to solve real-world challenges. These stories show how AI can reduce barriers, boost productivity, and unlock creativity in coding and beyond ✨ github.com/orgs/communi...
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Five different ways you can use GitHub Copilot · community · Discussion #158705
Less than six months ago we launched GitHub Copilot Free for all our users, starting a new era of possibilities. So many possibilities in fact that it can be easy to miss all the great ways you can...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Accessibility + Design Systems = Better Together 💡 Even great components can lead to inaccessible designs. @janmaarten.com shows how it happens — and what to watch for. 📖 Read Part 1: github.blog/engineering/...
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Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Just dropped! Dive into “Building a More Accessible GitHub CLI” by Ryan Hecht and Andrew Feller @andyfeller.bsky.social - a must-read for command line fans and accessibility champions alike 🧑‍💻 github.blog/engineering/...
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Building a more accessible GitHub CLI
How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It's not too late to join the GitHub 4-week accessibility challenge leading up to Global Accessibility Day 💖 Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗 Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕 github.com/orgs/communi...
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Learn how to contribute to open source accessibly :accessibility: [Student Skills Series] · community · Discussion #156342
Hey students! Open source is for all and a great way to be a model contributor is by making sure you’re contributing in a way that people of all abilities can access. With Global Accessibility Day ...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Loved getting to design a custom shirt and award as a small thank-you to the many folks — both visible and behind the scenes — who work hard every day to make GitHub more inclusive to all 💜👕✨ So glad you like the shirt @brittanyellich.com 😊
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This is so good! Thanks for this write-up on choosing the right AI model for the job @cassidoo.co 🐙😸
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Shell Little @shellelittle.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com
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Senior Accessibility Specialist, Inclusive Design Leader, and international keynote speaker.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Do you use GitHub Copilot and have lived experience? This is your chance to share your story with others 💖 We're creating short videos showcasing how Copilot enhances workflow or daily tasks, to be featured on the GitHub accessibility community board 🚀 github.com/orgs/communi...
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Recruiting for a video opportunity! · community · Discussion #156238
Are you a GitHub user with lived experience? Do you use GitHub Copilot? Then GitHub wants to hear from you! We’re looking to record people with lived experience using Copilot for a brief demo video...
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Thanks for sharing this work 🙌
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It's not every day that MSFT's Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie tags you in a post 😍 I’m happy to have played a small role in this, but the real credit goes to @ichelsea.bsky.social @danielfos.co + others for their reimagining of the sign-up process 🙌 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Designers, your excuse is gone. Stunning, animated and accessible. Yes… | Jenny Lay-Flurrie
"For years, I’ve heard the same tired argument: “We can’t make a beautiful website if we have to follow #accessibility guidelines.”" Anne-Mieke Bovelett This…
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A new guide called "Using GitHub Repositories with a Screen Reader" has just launched 🚀 This guide provides step-by-step instructions to help screen reader users navigate and interact with repos efficiently 💖 Check it out and share with your network 🤩 accessibility.github.com/documentatio...
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Using GitHub Repositories with a Screen Reader
Discover step-by-step instructions for navigating and managing GitHub repositories using a screen reader, tailored for accessibility and efficiency.
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A11yTalks @a11ytalks.com · 25/03/2025
IN ONE HOUR: “Riding the Digital Accessibility Roller Coaster: Strategies to Stay Grounded in Times of Change” with Shelby Mitchell, Senior Manager of Digital Accessibility at Discover Financial Services. Mark your calendars: March 25, 12pm ET. a11ytalks.com/posts/2025-mar #A11y #Burnout
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Riding the Digital Accessibility Roller Coaster: Strategies to Stay Grounded in Times of Change | A11yTalks
We’re all familiar with the old adage that “Digital Accessibility is a Journey.” But with changing priorities, push back, etc., it can sometimes feel more like a roller coaster. In this talk, learn…
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daniel fosco @danielfos.co · 24/03/2025
Proud to have been part of this project, and so lucky to have worked with @ichelsea.bsky.social, our a11y designer on the team. We did it fam 🥹✨
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Don't miss this fantastic article on the improved GitHub signup experience! I’m grateful to have played a small role in this, but the real credit goes to the a11y designers and devs who made it happen. Thanks for making our account creation process more inclusive 💖 annebovelett.eu/designers-yo...
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Designers, your excuse is gone. Stunning, animated and accessible. Yes, you can!
Sorry, dear designers, your excuses are officially dead. GitHub just proved you wrong with the rebuild and redesign of their home page.
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Keith Cirkel @keithamus.social · 21/03/2025
As it's Friday (here at least) can all you webdevs do me a favour and make this simple code change: 1. Search for `aria-labeledby` in your codebases. 2. Change it to `aria-labelledby` (note the double L) 3. Submit a PR. 4. Congratulate yourself for your Friday contribution.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Great news – the video of the GitHub Copilot accessibility demos are now available on the Microsoft Ability Summit website 💖 Simply log in or register, then head to "Building Inclusive Experiences with GitHub Copilot with Amanda Silver" to watch/read 🚀 Event link: abilitysummit.event.microsoft.com
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Goodwitch of A11Y @a11ygoodwitch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
One of my fav #a11y shirts on the planet! Created by the amazing @cariefisher.bsky.social
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
It was awesome to see GitHub Copilot featured in three demos at the Microsoft Ability Summit keynote yesterday! From auto-fixing accessibility issues to AI-powered alt text and voice-activated deployment, it’s exciting to see AI making development more inclusive 🙌
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A11yTalks @a11ytalks.com · 21/01/2025
HAPPENING NOW: “SUC-o-meter: A new way of measuring accessibility” with Aashutosh Kulkarni, Senior Product Designer. Join the YouTube live stream 👇 buff.ly/4ae9vnT #A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #AppAccessibility #AccessibleApps #InclusiveApps
Accessibility Talks: “SUC-o-meter: A new way of measuring accessibility” with Aashutosh Kulkarni, Senior Product Designer. Aashutosh explores the new proposal for scoring an app's accessibility - the SUC Score (stands for Sub-optimal Usability and Comprehension Score) and the benefits of the same in terms of pulling the accessibility considerations in large organizations from back-burner to regular backlog. Join the discussion January 21, 12pm ET
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SmashingConf @smashingconf.com · 19/12/2024
We have more SmashingConf videos for you! 🎄✨ 🤖 www.youtube.com/watch?v=quNo... How to Use AI to Build Accessible Products — @cariefisher.bsky.social ✏️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxGr... The New Rules of UX Writing — Nick DiLallo 🔮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiZ6... Generating the Future — @tej.as
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GitHub @github.com · 18/12/2024
A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. ✅ 2,000 code completions per month 💬 50 chat messages per month 💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o ♥️ More fun for you Check it out today! Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...
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Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Come and join 150M developers on GitHub that can now code with Copilot for free in VS Code.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Broken hearted and extremely anxious after the school shooting in Madison yesterday...happened way too close to home It was difficult to send my kids to school today thinking about what could happen to them 💔
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I can create a complex front-end theme without breaking a sweat...but I change one line of back-end code and I feel like I deserve an award 🏆
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a man with a mustache is drinking from a glass while wearing a blue jacket .
ALT: a man with a mustache is drinking from a glass while wearing a blue jacket .
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Crystal Preston-Watson @scopicengineer.com · 10/12/2024
I started this weekly series of posts and immediately got buried in work but I'll be starting it back again.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Fun fact: I don’t feel prepared for a talk until I brush my teeth, even though I already brushed my teeth and the talk is virtual 🦷🪥🤷‍♀️ Anyone else have quirky pre-talk rituals or is it just me? 😅
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a picture of a cat with a big smile on it
Alt: a picture of a cat with a big smile on it, looking very creepy and moving its eyes around
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
That time when you dedicate three long days over Thanksgiving break assembling a gnarly 2,000-piece puzzle with your family...only to discover you're missing a piece 🤦‍♀️😭😂
Close-up of the puzzle with a hole where the missing piece goes featuring Stonehenge, the Lincoln Memorial, the Roman Colosseum and other landmarks.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Back in May, I began tackling the #accessibility category on the GitHub Community board — clearing out spam, answering questions, and collecting user feedback 💪 Six months and HUNDREDS of issue reviews later, it’s much cleaner! Got any feedback? I’d love to hear it ✨ github.com/orgs/communi...
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Build software better, together
GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Awesome idea @kevinpowell.co! Wouldn't expect anything less from a YouTube star like you lol 🌟
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
So glad to see so many old/faces here! Let's dust off this account and get to it 💪
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Carie Fisher @cariefisher.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
Excited to share a new blog post detailing GitHub's journey in fostering accessibility through our Champions program. Learn how we empower accessibility advocates to drive positive change and gain insights for fostering accessibility in your own organization! 🙌 github.blog/2024-05-01-e...
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Empowering accessibility: GitHub's journey building an in-house Champions program
As part of GitHub's dedication to accessibility, we expanded our internal accessibility program and scaled up our internal auditing process to help remove or lower barriers for users with disabilities...
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