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It's a momentum thing I think. A big part of the Github platform mirrors a social media platform. When you meet a developer, you check out what they're up to
by curryst 11y ago
It's a momentum thing I think. A big part of the Github platform mirrors a social media platform. When you meet a developer, you check out what they're up to on Github just like you might check on a friend's status on Facebook. Like Twitter, it's a way to get your name out there.
Also, I don't want to have to maintain an account on a Gitlab (or equivalent) server for every project. Anyone who has enough interest to troll through issues on a project or open an issue already has a Github account. It lowers the barrier to entry for your project.
The final thing is just name recognition. People trust code from Github. They shouldnt, but a Github URL legitimizes your project more than git.abrakadoodle.io.
- z1mm32m4n 11y agoAlong the same line of thought: there's a lot of momentum regarding tooling surrounding GitHub. Continuous integration works smoothly. Slack works smoothly. github/hub and ghi let you interact with the issues and repos from the command line. Vim, Emacs, Atom, and Sublime plugins exist to integrate with GitHub. While moving to another hosting platform might fix some things, there is a lot of solid tooling built around GitHub.
- beshrkayali 11y ago> Also, I don't want to have to maintain an account on a Gitlab (or equivalent) server for every project. Anyone who has enough interest to troll through issues on a project or open an issue already has a Github account. It lowers the barrier to entry for your project. There are multiple ways to go around this, OpenID, Mozilla Persona, or any third-party authenticator. > The final thing is just name recognition. People trust code from Github. They shouldnt, but a Github URL legitimizes your project more than git.abrakadoodle.io. I see this more of an additional reason for big projects to move away from Github. It gives unwarranted legitimacy to everything on the platform.
- beshrkayali 11y agoI just realized that Persona is going to be discontinued. Unfortunate, but alternatives can be whipped up I guess. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Persona https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Persona > On November 30th, 2016, Mozilla will shut down the persona.org services. Persona.org and related domains will be taken offline.
- scrollaway 11y agoWe're currently working on exactly that. If you want to be part of this, swing by the channel. Details and backlog here: https://github.com/letsauth/letsauth.github.io https://github.com/letsauth/letsauth.github.io
- beshrkayali 11y agoNice! I read what you guys have in the wiki, looks pretty interesting!
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