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I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by TOGoS »

that_guy_iain wrote: post #41
jrochkind1 wrote: post #2

> As a GitHub user, I was always seeking green squares to try to make sure I had activity every day. I have never paid any attention to that at all. It surprises me that some do. Do you think it's common?

I used to use it to make sure I made progress on projects my aim was I would do something everyday. Some days I did very little other days I did alot. I stopped caring about that approach. I got a bunch of stuff done but really I ended up making one line changes just so I kept my streak and I technically did something.

Same, except I found that even the one-line changes just to have committed something were useful for keeping me in touch with whatever project I was choosing to work on. It also gave me extra motivation to fix relatively trivial problems that would otherwise annoy me a little but not enough to otherwise justify the effort to `cd $project_dir && git pull && nano $relevant_file && make test $$ git commit`. A lot of unit tests and documentation improvements got written this way, a few minutes per day.

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by RandallBrown »

markstos wrote: post #13

I moved my personal projects to Gitlab. Philosophical issues aside, it’s a great product. Also, having borderline burnout maintaining popular open source projects on GitHub, there is refreshingly near zero issues filed on my Gitlab projects. Fewer people already have accounts on Gitlab, creating a small barrier to participation, and sometimes that’s a good thing.

I recently switched jobs to a company that uses GitLab after a long time of using GitHub and I really don't like it.

It could just be my lack of familiarity, but it feels less polished and more clunky.

Both work similarly enough it doesn't really matter that much to me.

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

Scarbutt wrote: post #45
judge2020 wrote: post #11

Does Sourcehut still reject emails if there are both HTML and plaintext parts? Makes it tough to contribute without needing to set up a client that only sends plaintext email.

Using plaintext is one click away while composing an email in most email/web clients I have tried.

And then another click away when you want to go back to normal.

Every time you do it.

It's not a matter of clicking, it's a matter of having extra steps in an already diverging workflow.

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by em-bee »

Roark66 wrote: post #60
edw519 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think it's common? Yes. I see it more and more these days, especially among recruiters and HR departments. I believe there's an inverse correlation between the value one places on green squares and their understanding of what it actually takes to build software... https://eddiots.com/931 https://eddiots.com/447 https://eddiots.com/2461 https://eddiots.com/2390

Exactly. I hate this too. I'd rather keep my github activity private. It's nobody's business to know if I commit 30 times per hour or once per week. On the other hand I recently encountered a very interesting hiring process. I think this is the first time in 20 years when I'm encountering some "new idea in recruitment" and I actually think it's good for everyone. I'm talking about coding/other task based challenges y…

i am not exactly a fan of coding challenges and i do like laive coding, but that challenge to write an email to a junior colleague telling them how to troubleshoot an imaginary backend issue sounds like something i'd really enjoy doing.

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

pdimitar wrote: post #46

The point about CI is super strong; GitHub Actions almost made me quit being a programmer and I've been doing things professionally ever since Winter 2001. I don't think much of Drew DeVault -- whether I agree with him or not is not at all relevant to any decision of using his products IMO -- but I'll vote with all three hands for a better and more seamless CI! I was not aware of that aspect of SourceHut so now I'll…

What's so bad about GitHub actions? Asking as someone who never used it (gitlab fulfills my needs).

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by lionkor »

JohnFen wrote: post #51
Dwedit wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Human Eyes will never see the contents of your private repositories" I think that's pretty clear then.

That doesn't sound so clear. If the code is used to train AI, there's a nonzero chance that human eyes will see it. But if they're not going to use the code to train AI, then why not just say so?

AI might see it, and then AI might replicate the same code, at which point they consider it "not your code"

Re: I'm moving my projects off GitHub

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Post by smazga »

I'll be honest, having lots of stuff in github is convenient for looking for projects. Like, I need something that does X, and search engines offer the same results for pages and pages. Searching github directly is a lot easier.

Is there a way to search multiple public repos at once? Github, gitlab, sourcehut, codeberg, etc

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