We talk with Brandon Keepers and Bex Warner about GitHub’s Probot — GitHub Apps to automate and improve your workflows. You can use pre-built apps or easily build and share your own.
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Brandon Keepers – <a href="https://github.com/bkeepers" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://x.com/bkeepers" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Bex Warner – <a href="http://hiimbex.me/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/hiimbex" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://x.com/hiimbexo" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak – <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo – <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://probot.github.io/">Probot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.github.com/apps/">GitHub Apps docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/probot/probot/issues/262">Web UI Discussion #262</a></li>
<li><a href="https://probot.github.io/docs/best-practices/">Probot best practices</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/marketplace">GitHub Marketplace</a></li>
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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Adam Stacoviak

Bex Warner

Brandon Keepers

Jerod Santo

Automating GitHub with Probot (Interview)

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