--- title: Best GitHub Blog posts — August 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted GitHub Blog posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog/best-of/2023/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog/best-of/2023/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best GitHub Blog posts — August 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted GitHub Blog posts from August 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of GitHub Blog — August 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/10-things-you-didn-t-know-you-could-do-with-github-projects-virgxerz9 "10 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Projects") Article GitHub Blog · 3y 10 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Projects GitHub Projects have been adopted by program managers, OSS maintainers, enterprises, and individual developers alike for its user-friendly design and efficiency. To help you optimize your usage of GitHub Projects to plan and track your work from start to finish, I’ll be sharing 10 things you can do with GitHub Projects. 97 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-rust-is-the-most-admired-language-among-developers-vg5fraphi "Why Rust is the most admired language among developers") Article GitHub Blog · 3y Why Rust is the most admired language among developers For the eighth year in a row, Rust has topped the chart as ‘the most desired programming language’ in Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey. More than 80% of developers report that they’d like to use the language again next year. The language was created less than 20 years ago. 57 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/highlights-from-git-2-42-77uyco4cu "Highlights from Git 2.42") Article GitHub Blog · 3y Highlights from Git 2.42 Open source Git project just released Git 2.42 with features and bug fixes from over 67 contributors, 16 of them new. We covered Git’s new multi-pack reachability bitmaps back in our coverage of the 2.34 release towards the end of 2021. 29 1 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-code-referencing-for-github-copilot-xh21arutu "Introducing code referencing for GitHub Copilot") Article GitHub Blog · 3y Introducing code referencing for GitHub Copilot Introducing code referencing for GitHub Copilot - The GitHub Blog How we build containerized services at GitHub using GitHub.com. This update will show a list of repositories where that code appears and their licenses. 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