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Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

8organicbits wrote: post #67
kedihacker wrote: post #3

I don't think aggregating the whole platform into one number is fair. It's like adding the whole aws into one number

I think the correct middle ground is a site that lets you select the parts of the platform you rely on and ignore the others. For example, GitHub is "down" for me when I can't push, process PRs, or release packages, but I don't care about Actions or AI features.

You’re kind of an outlier - nobody wants AI but Actions are core for tons of workflows and deployment pipelines. Everyone bought into the “only robots can deploy” mantra (correctly IMO, it’s a huge time and friction saver) only to be bit in the ass by the platform being so u reliable they can be stuck for days without deploys.

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by Scubabear68 »

reaperducer wrote: post #11
mproud wrote: post #6

Supposedly commits on GitHub are up 14x YoY.

Supposedly commits on GitHub are up 14x YoY. So? If Microsoft can't scale, who can? If it can't provide the service, it should stop selling until it can. This is like the AOL dialup busy signal fiasco of the mid-90's all over again. Except this time, instead of getting mad, people are making excuses for the poor, beleaguered trillion-dollar company.

Precisely.

If Microsoft can't scale something like Git 14x, then the problem is with Microsoft.

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by vablings »

falcor84 wrote: post #59
otterley wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider telling this to the people working at GitHub directly? I’m sure they’d appreciate your evaluation of their skills and talent.

There are two options, either they are lousy at their jobs, or they are incapable of pushing back against unrealistic demands. Neither is a good indicator of their skill and talent as engineers. I know I am speaking from a position of some privilege, but I have previously left workplaces that did not allow me to practice good engineering, and I do expect others to do so.

In a SWE job market like this, do you really want to be seen as the "conscientious objector"?

There are literally thousands of people who are ready to ride up the totem pole, it would not be a difficult decision for a bad manager to swing his axe and replace the new head

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by otterley »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #73
otterley wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you consider telling this to the people working at GitHub directly? I’m sure they’d appreciate your evaluation of their skills and talent.

yes I would tell them "you're underpaid, if you can, come to a company that appreciates your talents more".

What you said came across as an adverse judgment of their skill and talent. Is that not what you meant?

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by Scubabear68 »

jedberg wrote: post #20
tayo42 wrote: post #2

I wonder what morale is like at github. This is like gamer level hating

It's not great. Just talked to a hubber last week. They said everyone inside feels pretty dejected right now, and these posts don't help. I feel for them -- with AI coders submitting 25 PRs within an hour of an issue being filed, GitHub bears the brunt of that along with the maintainers. That's a lot of work that gets done with each PR. But they need to make some changes quickly.

"AI coders submitting 25 PRs within an hour of an issue being filed, GitHub bears the brunt of that....".

What "brunt"? These are not large numbers.

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by hootz »

mghackerlady wrote: post #64
dijit wrote: post #8

Lots of apologia for Github here. Aside from the fact that defending a billion-dollar company is a bit strange; especially one that is steward to the the overwhelming majority of open-source software. Maybe that's good-will doing the work? For me it's always been a sour pill to swallow that I have to buy in to a large companies internal politics and practices in order to work on projects I love. I don't feel like I o…

there are two groups of people willing to die defending [billion-dollar company]: HN users and Nintendo fans

Apple, clothing brands, even some Microsoft.

Re: Days without GitHub incidents

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Post by c-hendricks »

mattmanser wrote: post #62
otterley wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t know that it was “their mistake.” Unless you’ve personally successfully scaled a suite of nontrivial services equivalent to GitHub’s to accommodate an unexpected 14x increase in traffic, you respectfully have no basis for such an assertion.

Yeah, they should be testing for that, right? I think there's a lot of people reading comments like yours and thinking, is this person a paid shill or what? The earn bucket loads of money, they should be planning for exactly that. And testing for it via load testing every day. Perhaps you've forgotten the days of GitHub presenting themselves of software engineering thought leaders.

> Perhaps you've forgotten the days of GitHub presenting themselves of software engineering thought leaders

Genuinely could use a refresher here.

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