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Re: GitHub is down

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Post by alemhnan » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:14 AM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #49

alkonaut wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now if only we had a convenient way of using a distributed VCS without a central hub.

That sounds like a joke, but that's exactly the problem: the VCS has been distributed, but not all the services enmeshed around it: all the discussions (issues, pull requests, design debates, …). Github makes it easy to host git repositories, but so do a bunch of other services and it's not that hard to host your own either way or to set up trees of repository or multiple mirrors or what have you. The reason people u…

Could Ethereum (or a similar concept) be the solution of this kind of problems?

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by avip » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:14 AM UTC

alkonaut wrote: post #23

petetnt wrote: post #7

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We do. It's called Git.

Now if only we had a convenient way of using a distributed VCS without a central hub.

We do. It's called git instaweb && ngrok 1234

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by romankolpak » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:14 AM UTC

jbrooksuk wrote: post #45

Sir_Substance wrote: post #29

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You can host your own.

Which can go down too.

Still, a lot less risky. Self-hosted hub is something you have more control over and is less likely to be DDoS'ed by some Chinese harm-wishers.

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by qznc » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

Is HN traffic significantly above average at the moment?

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by taneq » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

jbrooksuk wrote: post #45

Sir_Substance wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can host your own.

Which can go down too.

But you can do something about it then.

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by zdkl » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

tankenmate wrote: post #54

joncampbelldev wrote: post #50

Taking bets on if this is the chinese government testing out GreatCannon v2.0.0

Panama Papers anyone?

If only someone started selling tinfoil hats with "I told you so" logos.

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by JohnDoe365 » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #49

alkonaut wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now if only we had a convenient way of using a distributed VCS without a central hub.

That sounds like a joke, but that's exactly the problem: the VCS has been distributed, but not all the services enmeshed around it: all the discussions (issues, pull requests, design debates, …). Github makes it easy to host git repositories, but so do a bunch of other services and it's not that hard to host your own either way or to set up trees of repository or multiple mirrors or what have you. The reason people u…

What about BitTorrent DHTs?

Or dat http://dat-data.com/

Or Camlistore? https://camlistore.org/

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by Jean-Philipe » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

voctor wrote: post #27

romanovcode wrote: post #19

GitLab to the rescue!

Momentarily, yes. But it's just another central hub.

Nothing prevents you from using both, GitLab and GitHub.

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by colinbartlett » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:17 AM UTC

It's interesting to me to see all the services that depend on or integrate with GitHub in some way, as they all have problems at times like this.

My side project https://statusgator.com shows currently a dozen different services all posting warnings or down notices on their status pages. It's mostly CI services and the like, all which break in some way when GitHub is down.

Re: GitHub is down

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Post by Matt3o12_ » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 9:17 AM UTC

The webpage works fine for me. Can you tell me which part of the infrastructure is down?