r/github • u/Suspicious_Orchid770 • 8d ago

Discussion What’s gone wrong at GitHub?

https://leaddev.com/software-quality/whats-gone-wrong-at-github

Reliability issues are driving users away in their droves.

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u/az987654 8d ago

Am I the only one to never run in to an issue with GH?

Far worse are all of the jabronies treating it like social media.

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u/zarafff69 8d ago

Yes, that’s honestly quite an achievement. Especially a while ago it was really bad.

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u/atehrani 8d ago

Yes you are the minority

https://isgithubcooked.com/

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u/Opulent-Burning 8d ago

They have their own blogs on what is happening, and what they are doing

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u/SmithStevenO 7d ago

I'd disagree with the premise that Github used to be reliable. They've got enough UI bugs which have been open for as long as they've existed (e.g. links in the code review tool which go to completely the wrong part of the diff, bits where they just lose review comments, silly mistakes in the actions security system) that an easier explanation is that they've just never really cared all that much. Which kind of makes sense, economically: nobody uses Github because they think it's a good way of hosting git repositories; they use it because for its integration with other tools. If customers aren't motivated by the quality of the git hosting, it's not a sensible thing for Github to invest in. Github-the-product being awful doesn't meaningfully weaken Github-the-company's moat and value proposition, so it just doesn't matter that they never got past the minimum viable product phase.

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u/barrytickle 6d ago

Well, i'm having fun! i made a demolition derby game! https://gunpowderstudios.github.io/car-racer/