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Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by mrpollo »

guelo wrote: post #27

Wow, that number almost doesn't seem believable. A million people must be a good chunk of all programmers in the world. This Wikipedia article[1] says there are 612,000 programmers in the US and 522,000 in India. Admittedly old incomplete data but it's easy to see how a million people might be 10-20% of all programmers worldwide. In corporate drone offices I've been in my guess is maybe 10% of programmers have even h…

I know Project and Account managers that have github accounts, you are probably missing those or similar users in nature

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by rhizome »

Pyrodogg wrote: post #13
icebraining wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what's the point of having those on Github anyway? GH is great for teams or for sharing your code with 'the community', but I don't see what it buys you for private, single developer projects over a directory in your drive(s).

Code availability from anywhere without having to manage your own repo server. Even for a single dev it might be worth it to be able to check out to your normal dev workstation, your laptop, and even on a totally random pc when the need arises. It also allows you to checkup on things through the web when a pc to checkout on isn't available.

I've been running my own SVN server for nigh-on 10 years and it requires very little management, if any at all. I imagine git is similar.

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by percent20 »

getsat wrote: post #37
percent20 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another new service on the scene, providing cheap unlimited git hosting repositories, is sourcehold.com specifically to help solve this problem. Full Disclosure: I am writing it, and it is still in beta.

Unlimited? You may want to rethink your business model.

Yes unlimited repositories, but you will have a space limit.

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

Pyrodogg wrote: post #13
icebraining wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what's the point of having those on Github anyway? GH is great for teams or for sharing your code with 'the community', but I don't see what it buys you for private, single developer projects over a directory in your drive(s).

Code availability from anywhere without having to manage your own repo server. Even for a single dev it might be worth it to be able to check out to your normal dev workstation, your laptop, and even on a totally random pc when the need arises. It also allows you to checkup on things through the web when a pc to checkout on isn't available.

A git server (at least on a personal scope) requires close to zero management. Fire up an Ubuntu box on Linode or such, `sudo apt-get install git`, boom, there's your server. A git server is nothing more than "filesystem + SSH + git".

Not to say GitHub doesn't make it even more convenient, but the DIY option isn't exactly difficult either.

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by insanecanadian »

xorglorb wrote: post #3

They provide a great service, and I use them all the time, but I don't like how their pricing scheme works for freelancers. You end up with a million small private repositories, and BitBucket has much more reasonable options.

Disclaimer: I haven't used these company before, but they do seem like an okay option: https://codeplane.com/

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by zyb09 »

Pyrodogg wrote: post #13
icebraining wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But what's the point of having those on Github anyway? GH is great for teams or for sharing your code with 'the community', but I don't see what it buys you for private, single developer projects over a directory in your drive(s).

Code availability from anywhere without having to manage your own repo server. Even for a single dev it might be worth it to be able to check out to your normal dev workstation, your laptop, and even on a totally random pc when the need arises. It also allows you to checkup on things through the web when a pc to checkout on isn't available.

You can use Dropbox as Git server if you wan't.

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by jwallaceparker »

percent20 wrote: post #12
xorglorb wrote: post #3

They provide a great service, and I use them all the time, but I don't like how their pricing scheme works for freelancers. You end up with a million small private repositories, and BitBucket has much more reasonable options.

Another new service on the scene, providing cheap unlimited git hosting repositories, is sourcehold.com specifically to help solve this problem. Full Disclosure: I am writing it, and it is still in beta.

How much are you going to charge?

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by wheels »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #44
Pyrodogg wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Code availability from anywhere without having to manage your own repo server. Even for a single dev it might be worth it to be able to check out to your normal dev workstation, your laptop, and even on a totally random pc when the need arises. It also allows you to checkup on things through the web when a pc to checkout on isn't available.

A git server (at least on a personal scope) requires close to zero management. Fire up an Ubuntu box on Linode or such, `sudo apt-get install git`, boom, there's your server. A git server is nothing more than "filesystem + SSH + git". Not to say GitHub doesn't make it even more convenient, but the DIY option isn't exactly difficult either.

Gitosis also takes like all of 5 minutes to set up and then you've got repositories that you can collaborate on and manage permissions between projects.

http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-e...

I set up our repo hosting using Gitosis a few years back and haven't had to think about it since. Accounts are also managed via a special repo so even that is done over git.

You could also put your collection of repositories on your Dropbox and clone from / push to there.

Re: GitHub Hits 1,000,000 users

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Post by jwallaceparker »

insanecanadian wrote: post #45
xorglorb wrote: post #3

They provide a great service, and I use them all the time, but I don't like how their pricing scheme works for freelancers. You end up with a million small private repositories, and BitBucket has much more reasonable options.

Disclaimer: I haven't used these company before, but they do seem like an okay option: https://codeplane.com/

I just signed up for them earlier today, actually. It seems simple so far. Nice looking interface.

Less features than GitHub (no file browser, no web interface that shows commits) but hopefully they will address that.

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