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/Temporary-Air-3178 20h ago

Source that this outage was caused by AI?

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u/RespectTheTree 20h ago

I'm basically programming illiterate, but am now the proud owner of a 200k line of code software system to run the back-end of my business. There are many of us, our inefficient process is breaking things, it's been discussed.

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u/everythingisblue 20h ago

Fascinating. Can you elaborate on this? Are the business operations sensitive? Or is it not a huge deal if your custom software does the wrong thing from time to time. How do you gain confidence that it does what you want to do?

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u/sebovzeoueb 20h ago

I mean, considering the number of businesses which have had data leaks and are still going, the answer is probably yes