Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#11

Post by Raed667 » Wed, May 25, 2022, 12:08 PM UTC

No, I only check it when I have some down time. It doesn't feel addictive or flashy in any way/

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#12

Post by prepend » Wed, May 25, 2022, 12:40 PM UTC

I really never go to the GitHub home page. I’ve maybe been to GitHub.com five times in 15 years.

I go directly to projects and I find projects 95% through word of mouth, coworkers, friends, articles and 5% through GitHub search.

But my normal workflow is to go to work repos directly and do my job.

I never go to my “feed” page but it shows every once in a while after I do stuff like transfer repos and it’s just a bunch of meaningless noise.

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#13

Post by warrenm » Wed, May 25, 2022, 12:56 PM UTC

GitHub has a homepage?

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#14

Post by pimlottc » Wed, May 25, 2022, 1:12 PM UTC

For me, the real distraction is “hot questions” sidebar on Stack Exchange. I’d look up a programming question and end up sidetracked by math problems, Star Trek trivia, travel questions, world building prompts… I had to add a custom rule in uBlock Origin to block them.

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#15

Post by francislavoie » Wed, May 25, 2022, 1:51 PM UTC

I use the notifications page as my home page. Like maybe once a month when I'm bored I'll click through to the home page to see what's going on but I find it rarely useful.

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 25, 2022, 3:01 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#17

Post by bdcravens » Wed, May 25, 2022, 3:52 PM UTC

Github has a home page? :-)

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#18

Post by siminuk » Wed, May 25, 2022, 5:08 PM UTC

Hi, GitHub PM here! We're looking into revamping the home page and I'm curious what sort of information would it be most useful for you to have at your finger tips! You can also email me at siminapasat github.com if that's easier. Thank you :)

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

#19

Post by siminuk » Wed, May 25, 2022, 5:10 PM UTC

prepend wrote: post #12

I really never go to the GitHub home page. I’ve maybe been to GitHub.com five times in 15 years. I go directly to projects and I find projects 95% through word of mouth, coworkers, friends, articles and 5% through GitHub search. But my normal workflow is to go to work repos directly and do my job. I never go to my “feed” page but it shows every once in a while after I do stuff like transfer repos and it’s just a bunc…

Hi! GitHub PM here! We're looking at rethinking the home page to be most useful to people beyond the feed. How do you remember the repos to go to? Do you also have to go to other primitives on GitHub and if so do you rely on browser history? Would love to hear more about your workflow - if easiest please follow up via email siminapasat github.com. I appreciate your input! Thanks :)

Re: Ask HN: Is the GitHub home page distracting you from your work?

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Post by siminuk » Wed, May 25, 2022, 5:11 PM UTC

danuker wrote: post #4

I have a bookmark to a query showing me all the tickets waiting for my work. This is distinct from https://github.com/issues/assigned which shows me every project, in that I filter for my work organization with user: .

Hi! GitHub PM here :) Would you mind sharing your query? We're looking at revamping the home page and looking to better understand user workflows. You can email me at siminapasat github.com if easiest. TY :)