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