Let's try to retrace Wade's steps from his presentation, and keep links with info here along the way:
package.json
Connect to GitHub
report from yesterday: https://cloudplatformonline.com/summit-NewYork-2017.html
If I understood your question correctly you are trying to use Javascript to invoke a webhook to perform an action, i.e. interact with GitHub.
If so, I believe Cloud Functions would be a great solution for you...
https://cloud.google.com/functions/
This is more specific, HTTP Triggers...
https://cloud.google.com/functions/docs/calling/http
If you are simply looking to update Github via Google Cloud, this will synchronize your GitHub and Cloud Repo...
https://cloud.google.com/source-repositories/docs/connecting-hosted-repositories
Firestore experiments
[Jonas] - https://jonasalmeida.github.io/firestore
[Shah] - https://shah2129.github.io/firestore_test/
[Wade] - https://sbm-it.github.io/firebaseWorkshop
[Rich] - https://sbm-it.github.io/Firebase/fireBase.html
in-browser using GPUs via WebGL:
This suggests an unprecedented availability of AI as a commodity application. One could speculate that this will also be the main mechanism to deliver server-based AI - as a enhanced, faster in-browser AI that has the option to engage server-side resources, for a price. Therefore ...
Luckily, PAIR | People+AI Research Initiative recorded its first symposium, Sep 26, the PAIR Symposium on Human/AI Interaction: YouTube
Art and Communication go together: https://magenta.tensorflow.org
Intro article: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/google-launches-cloud-firestore-a-new-document-database-for-app-developers.
Intro video:
in 2 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcsAb2RR52c
in 10 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vf1D-rUMwE.