The Download: Microsoft Build, GitHub mobile, open source keyboards & more

Cassidy shares a quick developer-news roundup covering Microsoft Build 2026, a GitHub Mobile update for creating repositories from your phone, and a few notable open source projects—from a React runtime experiment to Keychron’s release of keyboard hardware CAD files.

Overview

This episode of The Download highlights a handful of developer-focused updates and links:

• Microsoft Build 2026 (San Francisco)

  • Mentions the upcoming Microsoft Build 2026 event.
  • Sessions link: https://build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions?search=GitHub&sortBy=relevance

• GitHub Mobile: create repositories on the go

  • Covers a GitHub Mobile update that enables creating repositories from a mobile device.
  • Changelog post: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-05-11-create-repositories-on-the-go-with-github-mobile/

• Tanner Linsley’s “redact” / projecting React experiment

  • Points to an experiment described as a tiny, React-compatible runtime projection.
  • Post: https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react

• Keychron open sources keyboard hardware designs

  • Notes Keychron’s open source release of CAD files for hardware hackers.
  • Repository: https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

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