GitHub and the crime against software

#1

Post by pplanu » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC

GitHub and the crime against software
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Re: GitHub and the crime against software

#2

Post by rglover » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC

“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.”

— Charlie Munger

Edit: great write up, thank you op.

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC

rglover wrote: post #2

“Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” — Charlie Munger Edit: great write up, thank you op.

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Re: GitHub and the crime against software

#4

Post by Iridiumkoivu » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC

Amen.

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

#5

Post by jph » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

Because of so many GitHub problems, I'm adding GitLab.com and Codeberg.org.

Setup is simply 3 steps:

1. Sign up on each service, ideally with the same username.

2. For each repo you want to share, create the same repo name as a blank repo; do not automatically create a README.

3. Edit your local file .git/config to add push URLs, then push as usual.

Example:

    [remote "origin"]
        url = git@github.com:foo/bar.git
        pushurl = git@codeberg.org:foo/bar.git
        pushurl = git@github.com:foo/bar.git
        pushurl = git@gitlab.com:foo/bar.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

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Post by satvikpendem » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC

jph wrote: post #5

Because of so many GitHub problems, I'm adding GitLab.com and Codeberg.org. Setup is simply 3 steps: 1. Sign up on each service, ideally with the same username. 2. For each repo you want to share, create the same repo name as a blank repo; do not automatically create a README. 3. Edit your local file .git/config to add push URLs, then push as usual. Example: [remote "origin"] url = git@github.com:foo/bar.git pushurl…

I'd also add tangled.org and radicle.dev. I've been looking into these new decentralized forges recently.

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

#7

Post by f311a » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC

This web site is very hard to read because of the colors and font sizes.

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

#8

Post by macintux » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

> Microsoft: Our priorities are clear: availability first, then capacity, then new features.

> This is a lie. Github - and the microsoft organization more widely - clearly prioritize flashy AI features over fundamental reliability Github has a public changelog. In thirty days since they posted their update, their patch notes contain the words “copilot” 59 times, “agent” 8 times, “performance” 0 times, and “reliability” 0 times. The changelog has a feature to filter by category: copilot is it’s own category: performance and reliability do not exist at all.

I suppose when calling someone a liar, it's beneficial to have hard numbers to back it up. Ouch.

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

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Post by sanskritical » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC

People should consider decentralized git over Nostr, rather than switching to a replacement like Codeberg or Gitlab and waiting for the resulting enshittification after it attracts everyone else.

https://nostrapps.github.io/nostrgit/

Re: GitHub and the crime against software

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Post by bix6 » Mon, Jun 01, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

What happened to hacker culture? Did everyone (or enough) just sell out?

It’s fascinating to me that the people who know the most about tech keep deciding over and over to give something to some corporation and inevitably it becomes an issue. I guess ease of use and freemium really trumps everything; I expect more from smart people but money talks.