Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service

Post by adastra22 » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC

dr_dshiv wrote: post #113

keiferski wrote: post #109

LLMs are useful, but AI is itself a marketing term that has begun to lose its luster. It’s rapidly becoming an annoying or trendy label, not a cutting edge one. I guarantee that in ~24 months, most AI features will still remain in some form or another on most apps, but the marketing language of AI-first will have evaporated entirely.

> AI is itself a marketing term that has begun to lose its luster. It’s rapidly becoming an annoying or trendy label, not a cutting edge one. Where have you been the last 15 years? However, I agree with your prediction. Coke making AI advertisements may have had cache a couple years ago, but now would be a doofus move.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 11:14 AM UTC

CuriouslyC wrote: post #130

bit1993 wrote: post #119

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I don't agree with this at all. I think the reason Github is so prominent is the social network aspects it has built around Git, which created strong network effects that most developers are unwilling to part with. Maintainers don't want to loose their stars and the users don't want to loose the collective "audit" by the github users. Things like number of stars on a repository, number of forks, number of issues answ…

You don't need to develop on Github to get this, just mirror your repo.

Post by notpushkin » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 11:16 AM UTC

matrss wrote: post #74

tonyhart7 wrote: post #64

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its easier for MS to buy codeberg and close it than to spent time and money to DDOS things

How do you buy an e.V.?

Post by sundarurfriend » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 11:17 AM UTC

badsectoracula wrote: post #70

testdelacc1 wrote: post #51

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92% uptime? What do you do the other 8% of the time? Do you just invoke git push in a loop and leave your computer on?

You keep working since Git is decentralized. You can also run a Forgejo instance (the software that powers Codeberg) locally - it is just a single binary that takes a minute to setup - and setup a local mirror of your Codeberg repo with code, issues, etc so you have access to your issues, wiki, etc until Codeberg is up and Forgejo (though you'll have to update them manually later).

Post by curcbit » Wed, Dec 03, 2025, 11:21 AM UTC

mkornaukhov wrote: post #39

IMHO, the main advantage of github is that it is an ecosystem. This is a well-thought-out Swiss knife: a pioneering (but no longer new) PR system, convenient issues, as well as a well-formed CI system with many developed actions and free runners. In addition, it is best to use code navigation simply in a web browser. You write code, and almost everything works effortlessly. Having a sponsorship system is also great,…