Matt Nigh's Blog

What makes something 'GitHubby' After almost four years at GitHub, I've seen a consistent way of working + values here that transcends teams, products, and leaders.

Useful Self-Hosted AI What I am currently working on/with at home: https://openwebui.com/ LM Studio Web Search with SearXNG Whisper Assist - Home Assistant Originally published on Matt Nigh's Blog

Thoughts on AI Pair Programming Working with AI coding assistants is fundamentally changing how we write code.

Using GitHub Copilot to Write Blogs GitHub Copilot isn’t just for completing code—if you feed it the right prompts, it can scan your pull requests, issues, and more to generate discussion ideas, outlines, and even full drafts of blogs.

A template for a team brag post Writing a brag post is a great way to highlight your team’s achievements and share insights that can help others.

Protips for Achieving Flow: A Guide to Deep Work My flavor of autism comes with the ability to hyperfixate and get into a state of flow for long stretches at a time.

Managing Engineering Reorganizations Reorganizations (reorgs) are necessary pivots in how an organization invests its people and resources.

Engineering Management Reading List Engineering Management Reading List A curated collection of books and articles that have shaped my approach to engineering management.

Leaders: Be the dumbest in the room We went over the project budget by $50k.

Running a Software Company: What My Dog Taught Me Eight years ago my wife, then my fiance, and I adopted a Mastiff who became the center of our lives.