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It'll Stay Empty, and That's Not Fair og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Earned a Seat at GitHub Universe. It'll Stay Empty, and That's Not Fair **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer who won a GitHub competition says he can no longer use the GitHub Universe conference ticket he was awarded. He built an app called Metal Birds Watch and won the challenge back in March. He says an undisclosed external factor prevents him from attending. He also already had a GitHub Copilot Pro+ subscription, so GitHub offered a voucher instead, which he asked them to donate to charity, and he tried twice to transfer the unused ticket to someone else but got no response from GitHub. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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