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GitHub

Application URL

https://stars.github.com/program | https://stars.github.com/nominate/

Best Time to Approach

Year-round nominations; amplifies around GitHub Universe (Oct-Nov).

Best-Fit Collaborations
Educational ContentCreator Programs
Contact LinkedIn (role-based)

Role-based: search LinkedIn 'GitHub Developer Relations' / 'GitHub Stars'.

Contact Team / Role

GitHub Developer Relations / Stars program team (via nomination form).

Industry

Developer platform / software (Microsoft)

Platforms
Both
Probability
Low-Medium
Public Contact

Nominate via stars.github.com/nominate; community: github.com/orgs/community/discussions.

Requirements

No follower count; weighted on GitHub contributions + community leadership (content, talks, OSS). Third-party nomination required.

Sponsorship Model

Unpaid recognition – early access, product-team access, Universe travel/invites, swag, amplification.

Target Program

GitHub Stars (nomination-only)

Tier
Tier 2 – AI/Cloud/Dev
Why It Fits

GitHub Stars recognizes influential developer-educators; my open technical content + community leadership map well. Universal to any engineering audience.

✉️ Personalized Outreach Email

Subject: GitHub Stars nomination context – open verification tooling educator

Hi GitHub team,

I'm Abinaya, a Design Verification Engineer with an M.S. in ECE and an active IEEE member (Technical Committee member and reviewer). I create educational content on semiconductor design verification, UVM/SystemVerilog and AI for hardware for an engaged audience of practicing and aspiring engineers on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Why I'm reaching out: GitHub Stars recognizes influential developer-educators, and my open technical content + community leadership map well. I'd love to explore a collaboration through GitHub Stars — creating genuinely useful, technically rigorous content rather than a one-off promo.

A few ideas I had in mind:

  • Open-source a SystemVerilog/UVM testbench template repo with great docs.
  • 'Verification tooling on GitHub' educational series + Actions CI for RTL.
  • Guest content on open EDA tooling (Verilator/cocotb) workflows.

I'm equally open to unpaid, product/access-based or ambassador arrangements — my priority is a long-term, trusted relationship. Could I send over a short proposal and content samples, or connect with the right person on your team?

Thank you for your time and for the work GitHub does for the engineering community.

Warm regards,

Abinaya

🔗 LinkedIn Connection Request

Hi — I'm Abinaya, a Design Verification Engineer (IEEE member) creating educational content on semiconductor verification, UVM/SystemVerilog and AI for hardware. I follow GitHub's work closely and would love to connect and explore ways to collaborate around your developer/creator community.

🔁 Follow-up (no response, ~5–7 days later)

Hi again — following up on my note about collaborating with GitHub on educational content for the verification/AI-hardware community. Totally understand inboxes get busy. If there's a better person or channel for creator/DevRel partnerships, I'd be grateful for a pointer. Happy to share my content samples and a short proposal whenever timing works. Thanks so much!

💡 Five Collaboration Ideas Tailored to My Expertise

  1. Open-source a SystemVerilog/UVM testbench template repo with great docs.
  2. 'Verification tooling on GitHub' educational series + Actions CI for RTL.
  3. Guest content on open EDA tooling (Verilator/cocotb) workflows.
  4. Mentorship: help early engineers contribute to open verification projects.
  5. Talk proposal for a GitHub event on CI/CD for hardware.