How We Built the GitHub Globe
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How We Built the GitHub Globe
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Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#2Wow, very interesting. Although I'm on GH every day, I seldom look at the base GH page and so I would not have noticed this for a long time. Many thanks for posting this. The article is very interesting.
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#3Looks a lot like the globe on Stripe's homepage: https://stripe.com
They even had a post about it, too: https://stripe.com/blog/globe
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#4Wow, very interesting. Although I'm on GH every day, I seldom look at the base GH page and so I would not have noticed this for a long time. Many thanks for posting this. The article is very interesting.
And you don't see any of this stuff when logged in.
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#5Crazy impressive. A little bit misleading though.
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#6Wow, very interesting. Although I'm on GH every day, I seldom look at the base GH page and so I would not have noticed this for a long time. Many thanks for posting this. The article is very interesting.
And you don't see any of this stuff when logged in.
You do, just go to https://github.com/home
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#7A link to a repo of the actual code would be nice too for inspiration
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#8Alternate titles:
How we broke our home page on your web browser
Why your fans turned on when you visited GitHub.com
We collected and stored your personal information to make a tech demo (and shared that info with Google, Wordpress, and anyone who visits our home page)
Disclaimer: I run a similar service to GitHub, though I am legitimately salty about crap like this.
Re: How We Built the GitHub Globe
#9Crazy impressive. A little bit misleading though.
What's misleading?