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Grey Baker
@greybaker
Visiting Partner at @ycombinator. Previously co-founder of @pincitesai (acq. by @filevine) and @dependabot (acq. by @github). Employee #3 at @gocardless.
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    May 23, 2019
    So excited to finally announce this! If you thought what we did at @dependabot was cool, just wait until you see what we can do at GitHub! 🚀
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    GitHub
    @github
    May 23, 2019
    We’re delighted to welcome Dependabot to GitHub! 🎉 Dependabot is joining to help keep your projects secure and up-to-date. #GitHubSatellite
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Jun 6, 2022
    Rust is the fastest growing language on GitHub - about time we added support for Dependabot alerts to it 🦀
    GitHub brings supply chain security features to the Rust community
    From github.blog
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Mar 5, 2020
    Replying to @soumithchintala and @github
    Sorry, this is my fault, and we're rolling that change back. Thanks for reporting it. We made the change yesterday to make GitHub's squash and merge consistent with `git merge --squash`. However, it broke important workflows in ways I should have foreseen.
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Jun 21, 2021
    Replying to @QuinnyPig @awscloud and @github
    I work with the secret scanning team here at GitHub. We don't tell you about leaks ourselves - we send them to AWS, who then take action. If you let me know the repo I can hunt down exactly what happened here - [email protected]
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    May 16, 2018
    Is this the greatest @newsycombinator comment ever?
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Nov 11, 2025
    2.5 hours left to apply for the winter batch. The upside is huge. The downside is tiny. What are you waiting for?
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    Y Combinator
    @ycombinator
    Nov 10, 2025
    Five minutes before the deadline, @itsCathyDi applied to YC with @dedaluslabs. Months later, she's now running a company that's just raised $11M. The deadline to apply for the winter batch is tonight at 8pm PT - there's still time to get your app in: ycombinator.com/apply
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Sep 23, 2021
    Two important security ships from GitHub today: the GitHub Advisory Database now supports Rust, and npm access tokens now have an easy-to-identify format. Both are a sign of things to come 1/n
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Nov 13, 2019
    I’m at GitHub Universe - DM me if you’re here and want to talk about security
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Mar 14, 2018
    .@dependabot hit $2,000 a month today. Nice reminder to keep going through the tough times when you have a product you believe in.
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    Dependabot
    @dependabot
    May 26, 2017
    Results of our big launch today are in... 1 signup. 🤦‍♂️
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Jun 17, 2022
    Good news for people who love bad news: you can now augment the GitHub dependency graph with scans you run yourself (e.g., at build time) and get Dependabot alerts for dependencies we couldn't previously detect (1/n)
    Creating a more comprehensive dependency graph with build time detection
    From github.blog
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Feb 22, 2022
    The GitHub Advisory Database is now available as an open source repository and accepts contributions, both via a UI and as pull requests. It's a big deal both because the GitHub Advisory Database is important and because it shows the direction we're going. 1/n
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    Kate Catlin
    @Kate_Catlin
    Feb 22, 2022
    GitHub's database of security advisories is now open-source and available for community contributions! I'm so grateful to the team, who have been working on this since before I came to @github. Another step forward in reimagining the security industry. github.blog/2022-02-22-git…
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    Apr 19, 2023
    This was one of the projects I was proudest we were able to work on at GitHub. It's just a first step - real impact in the npm ecosystem requires making it easy for all packages to adopt - but it's a step in the right direction for supply chain security.
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    npm
    @npmjs
    Apr 19, 2023
    starting today, developers building npm projects on @GitHub Actions can request a provenance statement to be published alongside their package, giving consumers a verifiable way to link a package back to its source repository and build instructions. github.blog/2023-04-19-int…
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    May 6, 2020
    Backstage at #GitHubSatellite. Can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on! githubsatellite.com
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    Grey Baker
    @greybaker
    May 24, 2019
    Best headline from yesterday’s GitHub Satellite press? I’m biased 🤖 theregister.co.uk/2019/05/23/git…