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Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by dpcx »

joshuafcole wrote: post #11
dpcx wrote: post #8

We set up hubot with a github status message. I just wish GH could push the information out, instead of us having to go get it.

This does sound very useful. I'd strongly consider open sourcing it. The failure has caught me right in the middle of switching gears from one project to another, and I'm basically twiddling my thumbs in the company IRC waiting for it to come back up so I can pull down the requirements.

http://paste2.org/4OyDJknK -- we've got it in our private github repo, but here's the source as well.

Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by leeoniya »

debacle wrote: post #15
leeoniya wrote: post #7

i asked about this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6401411

A great deal of the novelty associated with HN is that the distractions here (80% of the "content") are good idle reading, seem like they could be vaguely related to work, and tend to offer a community of self-validation, catharsis, and commisery. If you enjoy the valuable content here on HN, it would be wise for you to learn how to recognize the idle reading and ignore those threads entirely, when possible. I know i…

i'd be inclined to agree with you had the 'idle reading' content been interesting. but it is NOT interesting. github goes down every week, nothing to see here. why is it on the front page? and who exactly is it there for?

it's like someone is just out to name-and-shame. competitors maybe?

Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by debacle »

leeoniya wrote: post #22
debacle wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A great deal of the novelty associated with HN is that the distractions here (80% of the "content") are good idle reading, seem like they could be vaguely related to work, and tend to offer a community of self-validation, catharsis, and commisery. If you enjoy the valuable content here on HN, it would be wise for you to learn how to recognize the idle reading and ignore those threads entirely, when possible. I know i…

i'd be inclined to agree with you had the 'idle reading' content been interesting. but it is NOT interesting. github goes down every week, nothing to see here. why is it on the front page? and who exactly is it there for? it's like someone is just out to name-and-shame. competitors maybe?

Idle reading is generally not interesting. Consider your average magazine, even one targeted to your interests - there are probably at most 2 stories that you really want to read in the magazine, and maybe another 5 that you would actually be interested in reading, should you be stuck in the doctor's office or something, but there are probably a further 15 or 20 that you simply have no interest in, and are clearly there to fill space.

When you have user generated content, it is much easier to fill any vacuum with content that is not content (this post) than it is to actually create content (very rare) or post or repost the content of others (very common).

The people who post these outages are looking for something to talk about. The people who upvote these outages are part of the "culture" of github. The people who participate in the meager discussions are just bored, and nothing more.

You should expect to be interested in no more than 20-30% of the content you see on HN on any given day. I anticipate that that number will go down with time.

Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by leeoniya »

debacle wrote: post #24
leeoniya wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'd be inclined to agree with you had the 'idle reading' content been interesting. but it is NOT interesting. github goes down every week, nothing to see here. why is it on the front page? and who exactly is it there for? it's like someone is just out to name-and-shame. competitors maybe?

Idle reading is generally not interesting. Consider your average magazine, even one targeted to your interests - there are probably at most 2 stories that you really want to read in the magazine, and maybe another 5 that you would actually be interested in reading, should you be stuck in the doctor's office or something, but there are probably a further 15 or 20 that you simply have no interest in, and are clearly th…

the problem is that these 'filler' posts are manually curated to the front page. HN is plenty interesting and active without this noise. why should i 'live with' quality degradation over time, especially in a curated medium?

Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by pekk »

joshdotsmith wrote: post #2

This always seems to come at the least convenient time for me, which is indicative of GitHub being a single point of failure in my workflow. Not good.

It's a distributed VCS, so distribute your repos?

Obviously dependence on a hosted issue tracker has its pluses and minuses...

Re: Unicorns at GitHub

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Post by kenneth_reitz »

pekk wrote: post #27
joshdotsmith wrote: post #2

This always seems to come at the least convenient time for me, which is indicative of GitHub being a single point of failure in my workflow. Not good.

It's a distributed VCS, so distribute your repos? Obviously dependence on a hosted issue tracker has its pluses and minuses...

I've been telling them for years, they need Git-backed issues.
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