diff --git a/content/notes/2020/06/2020-06-29--github-sinking.md b/content/notes/2020/06/2020-06-29--github-sinking.md index 1bed28d..b022552 100644 --- a/content/notes/2020/06/2020-06-29--github-sinking.md +++ b/content/notes/2020/06/2020-06-29--github-sinking.md @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ date: "2020-06-29 13:06:56" published: true --- +*If you're looking for a more reasoned argumentation, see Update 3 at the bottom.* + I rarely interact with [Github](https://github.com) anymore. All my projects are either on my selfhosted [Gitea](https://gitea.io) instance or on [Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/). That's why I missed the following on [Github Status](https://www.githubstatus.com/): ![Github status shows a lot of downtimes](/content/img/github_status.png) @@ -36,3 +38,21 @@ Added [forgeperf.org](https://forgeperf.org/) link after suggestion by [@slow@ms ## Update 2 Added [sourcehut.org](https://sourcehut.org/) link after suggestion by [@freddyym@social.privacytools.io](https://social.privacytools.io/@freddyym). + +--- + +## Update 3 + +Don't publish on your website when you are feeling frustrated; that's what Twitter is for. + +Let's inject some reason here. Github isn't dying anytime soon. Certainly not due to this number of outages. And all software breaks, so that's no measure; what matters is the response. And Github is on it. Like every single other time it was broken. + +But that doesn't mean we can't change the status quo. Almost every defense of Github comes down to discoverability: if I put my project on Github, others will find it. If I put it elsewhere, other won't find it. + +Do not forget: Github's discoverability comes from us, the userbase. We the developers make or break Github. If we all move, Github shuts its doors. This won't happen. But look at the landscape: so many alternative solutions exist, Github is no better than any other service and, in the eyes of some, me included, Github may actually provide a worse experience than most alternatives. + +And about discoverability. Have you heard of social media? Blog posts? I discover a lot of new Github projects on a regular basis and almost none, I have discovered via Github itself. People talk about good projects and share them, plain and simple. + +If you simply like Github and their network and their continuously "evolving" UI, have at it. To each their own. + +If you don't like Github, do not stay. Be the change you want to see.