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Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by o_m »

threetonesun wrote: post #13
arp242 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I wonder what he's implying about GitHub Nothing. It's just a common(-ish) reference/joke.

Yes. I've also used this when leaving a job, albeit with a slight modification since the job did not provide fish. I suppose you could read it with the subtext that the dolphins are saying "see ya suckers" but I think it's more appropriate to read it as the dolphins actually saying "thank you" even though things didn't entirely work out.

I had a coworker say this when quitting. Most people that knew the reference interpreted it in a negative way. I would not recommend using it because of how ambiguous it is

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

jerlam wrote: post #32

According to Axios, the GitHub CEO position will not be filled. > GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced Monday that he plans to step down, with Microsoft opting not to directly replace the position, according to memos shared first with Axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/github-ceo-dohmke-step-down

AI is so powerful nowadays that they figured they could replace the CEO position with AI.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by vasachi »

sebstefan wrote: post #10

>guiding us into the age of Copilot and AI, it has been the ride of a lifetime. Cool. Can we get faster load times on that mess of a SPA now instead of more AI stuff?

Given that it’s going to be a part of “Microsoft CoreAI organization”, whatever that is, there will be even more AI stuff.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by Catbert59 »

sylens wrote: post #34

For the people who are leaving GitHub due to concerns over Copilot stealing their code, where are you going? GitLab? Self hosting your own?

I always have a private Gitea instance running for my private projects. VPS are cheap in 2025 and it doesn't eat much resources.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

fareesh wrote: post #35
sebstefan wrote: post #10

>guiding us into the age of Copilot and AI, it has been the ride of a lifetime. Cool. Can we get faster load times on that mess of a SPA now instead of more AI stuff?

isnt it a rails mpa with some modern layers on top?

why bother to know that when you can just deride one of HN's favorite things to hate?

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by xena »

mxstbr wrote: post #6

It's interesting that he signs off with "So long, and thanks for all the fish," which is a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Just before the Vogons demolish Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass, the dolphins, knowing what’s coming, leave the planet and their farewell message is “So long, and thanks for all the fish.” I wonder what he's implying about GitHub…

Don't read too much into it. It's a common sign-off in GitHub's internal culture for when people leave.

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by 7bit »

ryandv wrote: post #31
fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #29

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> gamified and turned into social media. What makes you think this? I use it for work and it's never been better in terms of features, and is just as reliable as usual. I honestly have no idea what you're talking about with gamification and social media. The only gamification I can think of is the commit graph which has been a thing for at least a decade.

> I honestly have no idea what you're talking about with gamification and social media. The only gamification I can think of is the commit graph which has been a thing for at least a decade. There was a time before "achievements" or badges and NARCISSISM.MD files on your profile page. The UI has clearly regressed in terms of performance and responsiveness over the years, when GitHub insisted on making the code viewer…

> There was a time before "achievements" or badges and NARCISSISM.MD files on your profile page.

That's what annoys you? The profile pages of other people?

Re: Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub

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Post by petre »

fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #40
ryandv wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I honestly have no idea what you're talking about with gamification and social media. The only gamification I can think of is the commit graph which has been a thing for at least a decade. There was a time before "achievements" or badges and NARCISSISM.MD files on your profile page. The UI has clearly regressed in terms of performance and responsiveness over the years, when GitHub insisted on making the code viewer…

I'm sure if you count incidents vs 2015, 2025 has more. But it also has more scale in every aspect. More features, more users, etc. Over the years of using GitHub I've only been blocked from doing dev activities a handful of times because of GitHub outages. None of them are very memorable. I appreciate the enhancements to the code viewer, like jumping between symbols.

It has too many features, the configuration menu is overcomplicated. I had to ask Claude how to create a token and what permissions to assign it in order to be able to clone a repo. Of course we need AI with this amount of nonsense.
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