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GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.
(www.businessinsider.com)
Gargle my balls or get out.
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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I still remember when some people said that Microsoft buying GitHub wouldn't be a problem in the future.
CEOs, dude. Some things never change.
Considering AI is just glorified autocomplete, this announcement is hardly a surprise.
Remember when Microsoft first bought it and not long after they decided that all code in the free repositories was fair game for autocomplete suggestions in Microsoft programs?
This is just the next logical step.
The next, next logical step will be stealing publicly accessible code from other repositories "by accident" if everyone leaves.
I don't think he's wrong in some regards, but only in the 'AI looks somewhat promising in our future'. He didn't need to be condescending about it.
Not using github anyway
Embrace? With so many devs constantly being laid off, how about NO?
... Ok!