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GitHub isn't fun anymore

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Re: GitHub isn't fun anymore

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Post by enriquto »

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #201
enriquto wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If SourceHut could do the same for Git that would be great. It already does. Other than some (minor) missing features that are in active development, what else do you need?

It's a 'public alpha'. Personally I won't be signing up until it's describing itself as stable.

You can sign-in for free while it is alpha and try it. Everything works very well except the account data export that is not still enabled. I have found it very practical and fast, much better than the typical github+travis combination.

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Post by afandian »

The idea of trending libraries / code seems almost antithetical to good software development practice. Favouring the shiny and new over the reliable and stable seems classic Goodhart's Law.

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Post by codetiger »

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Until I read your post, I didn't realise Github changed the algorithm behind the page. Until last year, I hit the treading page at least 5 times a day whenever, I got a short break at work. This year, I don't know exactly when, but I lost interest in the page and couldn't go back, no matter how many times I tried. At first I thought it was only me, very much like how you mentioned.

My opinion: Earlier, we had small problems in the page. Like 5 out of 25 in the list looked useless or wrongly listed. However now, more than half of the list looks wrongly listed and not interesting for me.

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Post by infinitezest »

atq2119 wrote: post #193
tzs wrote: post #55

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Before adding the newest fad features, maybe the should go back and add old fads that they missed. One big fad from 50+ years ago that I'd welcome is folders. I don't want to just have all my repositories appear in a flat list ordered by time since last update. I want to make folders so I can organize repositories by topic--just like I have my repositories organized in my computer.

This so much. Another pet peeve of mine: GitHub is terrible for the workflow that Git was originally designed for. Specifically, the issue that there's no good way to review patch series. The key here is presenting a series of patches as a whole, but allowing reviews on individual commits of the series.

Assuming that we're talking about the same thing, this is possible in GH from the `Files` tab on the PR screen.

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Post by angled »

root_axis wrote: post #18

Hard pass on the suggestion to add more social network features. Such features are only conducive to drama and anxiety, we need less of that not more.

Sites such as Advogato and Planet GNOME tried that in the past and for better or for worse, didn't succeed. Let's not repeat the mistakes of the past!

Re: GitHub isn't fun anymore

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Post by orf »

hoistbypetard wrote: post #225
orf wrote: post #208

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Honestly the UI is confusing and pretty poor. Also looks terrible on Mobile.

I don't have a problem using the UI on mobile. And it looks nice IMO. And the ability to create a repo on their site by just pushing to a remote with the right name[1] has really made it easier for me to use their service. What do you find confusing and poor about the UI? I find it straightforward and efficient. [1]( https://geoff.tuxpup.com/posts/cool_sr_ht_feature/ )

Maybe I was being too critical - it is actually quite nice on mobile.

I do use the find-file feature on Github a lot, as well as the quick file editor. Both are missing here, but I kind of see that at least the file editor is not well suited to the projects ethos.

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

fredoliveira wrote: post #184
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #23

Probably it's because of not actually caring that much for things that are fun anyway, but why would I want my version control system to be fun? Does this guy complain that his hammer fails to entertain him when pounding nails?

> my version control system You're very clearly confusing the version control system git with the platform for code collaboration github. The first doesn't have to be fun (and I'd argue shouldn't be fun). The latter, however, can be (maybe even should be). OP can see fun in exploring new technologies, new solutions to problems, new libraries to use - and who are we to judge that? The trending page was an interesting…

>You're very clearly confusing the version control system git with the platform for code collaboration github.

sorry for expressing myself badly, but I do realize they are different things as I use bitbucket and gitlab as well.

that said I use them all as dumb, quick views for the current state of the project, with a couple of on/off switches to automate common tasks in a git project. I would like to keep my informational panels as low distraction as possible, and fun, at least as it is stereotyped in popular culture through the ages, tends to be distracting.

Re: GitHub isn't fun anymore

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Post by melenaos »

throwaway8941 wrote: post #65
tzs wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before adding the newest fad features, maybe the should go back and add old fads that they missed. One big fad from 50+ years ago that I'd welcome is folders. I don't want to just have all my repositories appear in a flat list ordered by time since last update. I want to make folders so I can organize repositories by topic--just like I have my repositories organized in my computer.

JFYI, they have those in gitlab. Here's an example. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org

Ye, bit its not GitHub ;)

Re: GitHub isn't fun anymore

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Post by artsyca »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #100

I’ve never considered GitHub to be “fun.” It’s a great tool , though. Most of my GH interaction is through my desktop system, not a browser (pushing and pulling checkouts). I’ve been using some form of source control for nearly 30 years (since Projector, in the 1990s). It’s a tool. A very, very important tool. I appreciate many of the “glossy” features of GH, like hero images and GH Pages, but this shows how “out of…

If it ain't fun why do it?
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