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I’m not sure if you’re intentionally missing my point or if I’m ineffective at communicating it. I’m saying that services that are like GitHub are ubiquitous because they save time, easily 5hrs a week- and creating them anew would cost more than those services do if you buy them as a user (gitlab enterprise or github “pro”) You can argue the minutia of “this service” vs “that service” but at the end of the day those…
I think I understand your point. And I disagree. > I’m saying that services that are like GitHub are ubiquitous because they save time Popular services are ubiquitous for many reasons, some of them based on actual value, some of them based on perceived value, and others based on things orthogonal to day-to-day value like organisational inertia, aspects of network effects, etc. They may save time for you. Others may h…
.. satire?
What do you propose as an alternative to github/gitlab/code hosting?
I can break down reasons for github/gitlab as a service being aggressive value, however I would be shot down with "but that's not reality, you should compare competitors!" as it was in this comment chain... So I'd love for you to pontificate on the point you're making.