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Re: GitHub was down

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Git is not the same thing as github. It's designed to be decentralized, even if it isn't getting used that way atm

I am quite familiar with the basic functionality of Git. However, I am always amused by how it works in practice.

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Re: GitHub was down

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A reminder of how centralized and dependent the whole industry has become on GH, which is ironic, considering that git itself is designed to be decentralized. Good opportunity to think about mirroring your repos somewhere else like Gitea or Gitlab.

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Re: GitHub was down

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post #151

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They're already mirrored on my hard drive. That's how git works.

Github is more than a remote host for git repositories. It's become one of the major CDNs for software distributions. Github Pages host a majority of static sites that developer use. You won't be able to use Cargo, Nix, Scoop and other package managers right now because their registries have a critical dependency hosted on Github. This is not to mention all the projects that rely on Github for project management, dev…

We installed a private GitLab instance on our own servers exactly out of fear that Github might suddenly alter the deal or just cease operations. Pretty happy with our decision so far.

Re: GitHub was down

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post #102

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This is at least a multi-million dollar payout (if they admit to it). All GitHub Pages say > We're having a really bad day. > The Unicorns have taken over. We're doing our best to get them under control and get GitHub back up and running.

Seems slightly unproffesional for a massive company like Github/Microsoft.

It's closer to the truth than you usually get. They're having a bad day, it's completely true. It's the start of my day, but I guess this is the middle of the night for them. There's no such thing as unicorns, but that just highlights the metaphorical nature of the remaining claim - getting Unicorns under control means solving their problems. Normally "professional" corporate speak means avoiding saying anything whose meaning is plain on its face and disconfirmable while avoiding the implication that the company is run and operated by humans. This is a model. (Obviously the came up with the message in advance, which just goes to show that someone in the company is well enough rounded to know that if it is displayed, they're having a bad day.)

Re: GitHub was down

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post #110

I am happy that my project is pushed also to codeberg.

And has a website so anyone could just ask me if something went wrong on github's side and I can send them a complete copy. Decentralised version control is nice!

Re: GitHub was down

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GH Ops team be like

Senior: Ah found it! Let's just rollback one revision on the db. Newguy: let me fix this! `kubectl rollout undo ... --to-revision=1` Newguy: Ok, Started rollback to revision one! Senior: Uh-oh..

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