GitHub is sinking – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK)

kept by eddie apr 30

GitHub has become unreliable and slop-filled under Microsoft, prompting users to migrate to alternative Git forges.

If I Could Make My Own GitHub
A tech-titan fantasy dream of building a new forge that fixes GitHub's flaws with stacked PRs, pre-commit feedback, flexible approvals, and tiny self-hostable units.
also on Gitea, GitLab, #git, GitHub, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
GitHub to Codeberg: my experience
A developer describes their successful migration from GitHub to Codeberg, detailing steps like repo migration, link repointing, stubbing, and CI porting.
also on Forgejo, Codeberg, #git, GitHub, #open-source, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
This is why PR diff speed matters. This isn't a dunk on GitHub specifically, because GitLab, Forgejo, etc. are all equal or worse. But this
PR diff rendering is often so slow across GitHub, GitLab, and Forgejo that expert users experience frame drops and input lag, making the tool a bottleneck.
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Before GitHub | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
Armin Ronacher argues that as GitHub declines due to instability and product churn, open source must preserve its history by moving to decentralized, archivally-funded homes that avoid the pre-GitHub era's fragility.
also on Codeberg, GitHub, #open-source, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
robida/human.json: A lightweight protocol for humans to assert authorship of their website content and vouch for the humanity of others. - Codeberg.org
The human.json protocol uses a JSON file and web of vouches between sites to let humans assert authorship and prove their content is not AI-generated.
also on Codeberg, #open-source