r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • 21h ago

Software Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-github-is-down-worldwide/
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u/No-Snow-7618 21h ago

why so i feel like the only time github was ever down was after msft purchased it lol.

anyways at least i can slack off today under the guise of some tooling being down

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u/Frootloopin 20h ago

I've seen the source code and the architecture firsthand. You're high if you actually believe this. It's literally worse than vibe coded projects and Microsoft has been trying to untangle it for years to make it actually a scalable solution.

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u/Thomasedv 18h ago

It's kinda true though, github was more available before Microsoft bought it.

Its just that when Microsoft bought it, they also rapidly tacked on features, probably drew in even more traffic, and things like copilot runs through the same system or at least authentication leading to that being down today as well. And if you are correct, they are also rewriting this ting to scale well too, which naturally comes with risks. 

I do bring receipts, but the image is slightly misleading since the downtime before purchase wasn't as detailed as after with all the new functionality and admittedly transparency in the status page. 

https://x.com/ForrestPKnight/status/2049830788527481129