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GitHub Targets Large Merge Problem with Stacked PRs

Matt Saunders — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT

GitHub has launched a native stacked pull request workflow through a new CLI extension called gh-stack, closing a gap that third-party tools have filled for several years. It aims to resolve the problem where large pull requests are hard to review, slow to merge and prone to conflicts, with GitHub stating that reviewers lose context, feedback quality drops, and the whole team slows down.

By Matt Saunders

GitHub Uses eBPF to Eliminate Deployment Risks and Prevent Circular Failures

Craig Risi — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

GitHub has introduced a new approach to improving deployment safety by leveraging eBPF, enabling the company to detect and prevent hidden circular dependencies that could block recovery during outages.

By Craig Risi

Dropbox Collaborates with GitHub to Reduce Monorepo Size from 87GB to 20GB

Leela Kumili — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:14:00 GMT

Dropbox reduced its backend monorepo from 87GB to 20GB by optimizing Git delta compression in collaboration with GitHub. The changes improved clone times, CI performance, and developer velocity, highlighting how repository storage inefficiencies can impact large-scale engineering workflows.

By Leela Kumili

GitHub Acknowledges Recent Outages, Cites Scaling Challenges and Architectural Weaknesses

Craig Risi — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

GitHub has publicly addressed a series of recent availability and performance issues that disrupted services across its platform, attributing the incidents to rapid growth, architectural coupling, and limitations in handling system load.

By Craig Risi