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GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by ilostmykeys »

mschuster91 wrote: post #4

> With plenty of competitors, including Atlassian, GitLab, and even Google, one thing is certain: If GitHub does stumble, there are plenty of companies that want to pick up its slack. Atlassian? Oh god. Their software might be ideal for corporate beancounters and expensive consultants, but for everyone else it's a nightmare. GitLab? A pile of memory leaks and other weirdness. Google? Not so much, I highly doubt they'…

You got downvoted by people promoting the companies they work for. Altasian stuff is hideous and Gitlab I heard is a horror show.

This will be downvoted too but honestly who cares. Despite all of Github's problems no one comes anywhere close in terms of adoption and developer mindshare and there is a reason for that.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by akerro »

andyfleming wrote: post #9
the_ancient wrote: post #6

I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

Why? I mean, I'm always happy to see competition keeping companies on their toes, but why do you actively want people to leave GitHub?

I don't like them because they put someones opinions/values above technical skills.

https://hacked.com/github-promotes-reverse-racism-sexism/ http://dancerscode.com/blog/why-the-open-code-of-conduct-isn...

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by mschuster91 »

the_ancient wrote: post #7
mschuster91 wrote: post #4

> With plenty of competitors, including Atlassian, GitLab, and even Google, one thing is certain: If GitHub does stumble, there are plenty of companies that want to pick up its slack. Atlassian? Oh god. Their software might be ideal for corporate beancounters and expensive consultants, but for everyone else it's a nightmare. GitLab? A pile of memory leaks and other weirdness. Google? Not so much, I highly doubt they'…

I love both BitBucket and GitLab, have no issues with either.

I'm administrating a small-ish Gitlab server and we have to reboot it every week or else it will fail in random and weird ways due to OOM - the machine has 8GB of RAM and 20 active users, so WTF? Isn't the entire point of git to have one pretty dumb server acting as a file server and letting the client do the work?!

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by iza »

> "We’re trying to build a new kind of enterprise company where the playbooks of old won’t always work"

By replacing flat meritocracy and remote work with traditional top-down management?

> "don't think we'll succeed teaching white, male middle managers empathy and compassion anytime soon, so let's limit their scope of damage"

So the technical director and member of the social-impact team is a blatant racist.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by bhvit »

the_ancient wrote: post #6

I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

I used bitbucket for a long time because it did the job and it provided private repos. But after I had to start looking for another job, many employers wanted to see my github profile.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by noir_lord »

andyfleming wrote: post #9
the_ancient wrote: post #6

I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

Why? I mean, I'm always happy to see competition keeping companies on their toes, but why do you actively want people to leave GitHub?

I think the clue was in "Truly Open", github isn't open source and is fairly expensive for small teams with private repo's (compared to bitbucket for example).

It's network effects are large but beyond that the product doesn't really do anything that others don't do just as well.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by the_ancient »

andyfleming wrote: post #9
the_ancient wrote: post #6

I Hope to see GitLab, and other Truly Open Systems, replace GitHub as the go to place for source control

Why? I mean, I'm always happy to see competition keeping companies on their toes, but why do you actively want people to leave GitHub?

I do not like the centralization of anything

GitHub is becoming too large, and code is becoming too centralized, that is dangerous.

Re: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart

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Post by tomschlick »

seibelj wrote: post #5
mschuster91 wrote: post #4

> With plenty of competitors, including Atlassian, GitLab, and even Google, one thing is certain: If GitHub does stumble, there are plenty of companies that want to pick up its slack. Atlassian? Oh god. Their software might be ideal for corporate beancounters and expensive consultants, but for everyone else it's a nightmare. GitLab? A pile of memory leaks and other weirdness. Google? Not so much, I highly doubt they'…

Atlassian bitbucket is fine for me, and it gives free private repos. If you just want something for side projects without all of the bells and whistles, bitbucket is fine

The frequent bitbucket downtime is what got me to switch my company's stuff to github.
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