GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

This was inevitable and going towards the direction, but it is sad to see this part of CoreAI division. Copilot and other AI initiatives should not be the primary driver of GitHub's vision.

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by Rochus » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:25 PM UTC

buyucu wrote: post #2

Expect Github to get worse. Much worse.

Why?

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by JaKXz » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:26 PM UTC

Yikes

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by dcchambers » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:28 PM UTC

> GitHub moving into Core AI team

On the one hand, this probably means it gets the funding it needs to keep going strong.

On the other hand, I'm worried that this means that GitHub is going to focus exclusively on building AI features while the core product becomes stale/abandoned.

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by yoyohello13 » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

I moved to GitLab a year or so ago. It’s been great, I actually prefer GitLab ci

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by beefnugs » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

buyucu wrote: post #2

Expect Github to get worse. Much worse.

What more damage can they do besides train AI on all code without consent? Oh wait i guess fisting ads into other peoples code somehow...

Re: GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Post by desolate_muffin » Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

It's not hard to imagine an alternative universe where Github is a steward of innovation for both git and the code review process; alas, this is not the world we live in.