Hiya! I'm Andrea 👋

What I'm working on

🚢 Writing Main Branch A weekly newsletter about GitHub features and fundamentals — now in English, Spanish, and 中文

🎙️ Hosting • The GitHub Podcast • Open Source Friday • Checkout

✍️ Writing for The GitHub Blog Topics: Copilot, developer workflows, security

🧰 Building demos and working with product teams on what developers actually need

🛠️ Creating open source developer tools • Claw Relay — A trust layer between AI agents and your real browser • Team X-Ray — VS Code extension for team contribution insights

💡 Ask me about

• GitHub features and workflows (PRs, Actions, Projects)
• Developer advocacy and DevRel
• Building developer communities
• Open source contribution and maintainership

📬 Connect with me

🎨 Virtual Bio

Virtual Bio by @carlogilmar

😎 Fun facts about me

• Mom to two boys and two dogs 🐶🐶
• My partner is Welsh 🏴
• Former NCO in the US Army
• Learned to code through freeCodeCamp during lunch breaks in 2016
• Sticky toffee pudding from Nant Ddu is my favorite dessert
• Proud founding member of @octogatos
• I'm a breast cancer survivor

🏆 Some highlights