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Open and Async: the remote-work playbook is out
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Ben Balter
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July 21, 2026, 1:54 p.m.
remote work
Asynchronous Communication
Open work culture
GitHub experiences
Summary
The blog post introduces 'Open and Async', a practical guide for optimizing remote work developed from a decade of remote-first experience at GitHub. It emphasizes two key practices: working in the open and communicating asynchronously.
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