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Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by steve-howard »

robmccoll wrote: post #157
jonahx wrote: post #64

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> It's deploying, testing, environment issues, metrics, databases, dns, etc. Basically it is a lot more complex than "learn to code". I would even go further and say that such things are well over 50% of a working programmer's time. Learning the toolset for modern programming is as hard or harder than learning how to program well. It's a different kind of hard, though -- the ability to slog through tedium and frustra…

Slogging through tedium and frustration has been a cornerstone of programming since the olden times

Polishing up a tiny corner of the tedium to make everyone's life a little easier is generally a rewarding effort that becomes out of date almost immediately.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by naiyt »

neom wrote: post #159
russum wrote: post #128

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Hm, that's nice of them, although this page states you aren't allowed to do that: "Keep in mind that we only allow one promo code per account, so if you’ve redeemed one in the past you may not add another. To see your promo code history please visit your billing page." https://www.digitalocean.com/help/pricing-and-billing/

We're making an exception to our existing policy for those who wish to participate in this program.

Cool, much appreciated!

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by Veratyr »

naiyt wrote: post #101

So if you have an existing DigitalOcean account, it makes it seem like you can't apply the promo code to it. But I shot off a ticket to DigitalOcean's support, and they applied the $100 promo to my account within 5 minutes. So definitely send them a message if you have an existing account that you would like to have the credit applied to. Awesome pack, and great service from DigitalOcean as well. Also of interest is…

The message underneath the code on Github's page tells you to do just that. I did the same thing. DO's support has definitely improved since I last used it.

Re: GitHub Student Developer Pack

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Post by LeonidasXIV »

Shank wrote: post #59
Pxl_Buzzard wrote: post #50

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I like starting a school-related project as a private Github repo, then as time or permission allows for to open it up as a public repo. I've open-sourced a few things this way, whereas the couple Bitbucket repos have been left to languish since I don't have a limit on private repos or the ecosystem to share it with.

You can always push your private BitBucket repos to public Github ones -- just add another remote and push there.

Though you will have to leave your issues/wiki at BitBucket. Usually not a problem as you don't have one but still annoying.
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