I understand it's a joke, but really isnt the entire point of git is to be able to work locally as much as you want without affecting the remote repo and vice versa

[–] firelizzard@programming.dev 7 points 17 minutes ago

Git allows me to write code as much as I want. But GitHub does more than just Git. If you don’t remember the details of the next task you need to work on and GitHub is down, that’s a problem. As a senior I spend a lot of time reviewing PRs. That’s considerably harder when GitHub is down.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

It's possible to design your devex to require an unreliable SAAS vendor for even basic tasks! If you try hard enough you can logjam your entire team!

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 8 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I don’t really get this joke as I’m not a developer but does it have something to do with that thing where I try to search the site and it tells me it’s getting too many requests from my IP, even though I haven’t searched it in a month?

[–] platypode@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

GitHub is where a lot of companies store their source code, so many software development workflows require it to be available. For a while it had fantastic uptime, but since Microslop started shoving vibe coded updates its reliability has cratered.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

It's been Windows 11'd and the regular patches of downtime are just one of several new productivity-loss features to be rolled out.

Next; ads.

...no, wait, that's already happened.

Next; sponsors.

...actually, wait, that was kind of done.

Next; a bloat UI front-end to minimise the confusing layout. Subscription to opt out.

[–] quantumvoid0@lemmus.org 3 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

codeberg was down a few times in the past days, but i feel like its got more uptime than github atp

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

At least codeberg isn't a billion dollar company