The Download: Microsoft Build, GitHub mobile, open source keyboards & more @GitHub
The Download: Microsoft Build, GitHub mobile, open source keyboards & more  @GitHub
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome back to The Download! This week, Cassidy covers the upcoming Microsoft Build 2026 event in San Francisco and an exciting new update to GitHub Mobile that lets you create repositories on the go. We also dive into Tanner Linsley's "redact" experiment, a tiny, React-compatible runtime projection and Keychron's massive open source release of CAD files for hardware hackers. Let us know what you think of this week's developer news in the comments!

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— CHAPTERS —

00:00 Welcome to the download
00:29 Microsoft Build 2026 in SF
00:57 Create repos on GitHub mobile
01:22 Tanner Linsley's tiny React projection
02:52 Keychron open sources keyboard designs
03:24 Outro

Microsoft Build: build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions?search=GitHub&sortBy=relevance
Make repos on GitHub Mobile: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-05-11-create-repositories-on-the-go-with-github-mobile/
Projecting React: tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react
Keychron hardware design OSS: github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

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