GitHub down
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Re: GitHub down
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Issues and other GH infrastructure is arguably a bigger problem. That metadata is locked within the Github silo with no easy way to export it elsewhere.
This is indeed the crux of the problem. I've been thinking about this a lot (and I wouldn't be surprised if it exists already), we need a decentralised method of storing issues and other things inside our git repos.
I know of at least one solution: https://bifax.org/
Re: GitHub down
#63We centralized a decentralized version control system.
Welcome to the modern tech world. While you're waiting for the site to come back up, let me tell you all about my new startup, SquareWheel(TM). edit: Oh jesus christ, there's a fucking tech company called Square Wheel. Kill me now.
Tell me more - sounds like a productive thing to work on given all productivity is gone for the immediate foreseeable future.
Re: GitHub down
#64This is why it pays to host your own source repositories. It is kind of shocking that many people with the skills and means are too cheap to host their own. I personally could not risk github deleting my repositories or (in this case) going down for any length of time.
Re: GitHub down
#65Anyone know specifics? They handled that DDoS attack really well not too long ago ...
Re: GitHub down
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
$2 billion to the first person to draft a decentralised git coin WhitePaper
I think you just did.
No. We need a proper whitepaper explaining how to make GitHub decentralized with blockchain tokenization using distributed smart-contracts. ;)
(Did I forget any important buzzword?)
Re: GitHub down
#67It's been only 7 minutes and I already noticed it (outside of HN), we rely too much on github :P
It was 8 minutes and the stroy was already running in HN, checked it before status.github.com even. We rely too much on HN :P
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#68If all goes belly up there is always Software Heritage ( https://www.softwareheritage.org/ ).
Is this like https://web.archive.org/ for software?
Re: GitHub down
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Issues and other GH infrastructure is arguably a bigger problem. That metadata is locked within the Github silo with no easy way to export it elsewhere.
This is indeed the crux of the problem. I've been thinking about this a lot (and I wouldn't be surprised if it exists already), we need a decentralised method of storing issues and other things inside our git repos.
Also, the workflow on Github is one many people like, and it differs a bit if you have to use git "the old fashioned way". Not that it's hard or impossible, but it differs. I can't imagine explaining the GitHub-less workflow to my colleges..
Re: GitHub down
#70We centralized a decentralized version control system.
So you’re saying that if I put up my own Git server (for a fee), it’s likely to have better uptime statistics than GitHub? I can’t push changes to the decentralized Git protocol, only to a (centralized) server instance.
Setting up your own instance of a bit server is free.
If you want issues, CI etc... Then you need a local version of github which you will pay for.