GitHub on DVLUP

Automating Dependabot Pull Requests

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Most of us are familiar with Dependabot and how it can open an Issue in your GitHub repo when there’s a pending dependency update or a security issue. However, did you know that you can also have it automatically open a Pull Request, do all the builds, make sure checks pass, and merge it, too?

I find this capability very helpful and time saving when the dependencies are not core SDK components. Particualrly with node.js projects, there are can be a lot of updates that are not related directly to the code, but instead of part of the toolchain or IDE. These updates take time to manually do and can be annoying to maintain.

Pull Requests in GitKraken

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

One of the hallmarks of a professional workspace is an efficient workflow with powerful tools. It is a win for everyone when you can consolidate multiple tasks into a single workspace and workflow. This is why I love the new support for GitHub Pull Requests in GitKraken.

In today’s post, I’m going to show the high level set of features inside of GitKraken that let you achieve the basic set of operations that are needed when you’re reviewing and approve a Pull Request. For more in-depth information, please visit this official documentation . If you don’t have GitKraken yet, you can get it using my personal invite link .

DevReach 2020

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In case you missed it, I spoke this year at DevReach 2020. DevReach is Europe’s Premier Developer Conference that takes place every year in Sofia, Bulgaria. This year’s conference was online only, but was still a lot of fun.

In my session, I show you how to write GitHub Actions workflows for a full CI/CD experience that automatically builds and releases your Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS and UWP apps.

My session starts at 53:22 and I go until 1:36:12