In this episode, Dave and Jeramiah go through the aftermath of all the Universe announcements, looking at the significant number of improvements and updates that have been made across the platform:

• GitHub Coding agent: many, many updates, including the ability to search the web, better naming for PRs, and some love for the CLI users
• Enterprise Controls: Improvements to organization custom properties, AI controls management delegation, Enterprise access restrictions, budgeting and reporting tools, and more!
• VS Code & IDEs: Claude Haiku 4.5 went GA in all supported IDEs. All at once. Because the launch and product teams are getting really good at this.
• Security: lots of CodeQL additions for folks using Rust

Hosted by Jeramiah Dooley with technical guest Dave Burnison

Links for even more post-show enjoyment::

• GitHub Enterprise on LinkedIn
• GitHub Changelog - GitHub Platform, October, 2025
• GitHub Changelog - Copilot, October 2025
• GitHub Changelog - Security, October 2025
• GitHub Changelog - Actions, October 2025
• How GitHub Copilot enabled accessibility governance process improvements in record time - The GitHub Blog
• GitHub Roadmap Webinar, Q4 2025
• http://gh.io/roadmap
• http://gh.io/feedback (don’t hold back!)
• Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
• How GitHub Copilot and AI agents are saving legacy systems - The GitHub Blog
• GitHub Secure Open Source Fund | Enhancing open source security - GitHub Resources

Bonus:

• Dave’s favorite Christmas present ever
• Jeramiah’s favorite Christmas present ever

The GitHub Universe Recap focuses on agents, governance, and metrics:

• GitHub Agents: Announced Agent HQ as a unified control center and the ability to create Custom Agents for specific development needs.
• Copilot Workflows: Extended Copilot's reach with Agentic Code Review (combining AI with CodeQL) and new integrations with tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams.
• VS Code & IDEs: Introduced Plan Mode for step-by-step implementation and simplified MCP integration for custom context.
• Enterprise Governance: Released tools for managing AI at scale, including a Copilot metrics dashboard/API and controls to Govern Agent Workflows.

Hosted by Jeramiah Dooley with technical guest Kevin Lewis
For more information on releases:

https://github.com/events/universe/recap
For more on Octoverse report:

https://octoverse.github.com/

This episode, hosted by Jeramiah Dooley and featuring technical guest Dave Burnison, covers 80 GitHub code releases from September 2025, with a focus on Copilot updates, secret protection, code security, and supply chain security. The deep dive explores security campaigns, Copilot Autofix, and enterprise updates for managing GitHub at scale.