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Although his example for cancelling github is a bit silly (Not deploying due to its downtime even though he could have set up a local repository). His gripe wi
by bugs 17y ago
Although his example for cancelling github is a bit silly (Not deploying due to its downtime even though he could have set up a local repository).
His gripe with a paid service being down and unreliable and his action of cancelling is perfectly reasonable if he runs a business and wants a set uptime.
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- pyre 17y agoI think the point is that his alternatives don't guarantee 100% uptime either so the whole thing just comes off as some sort of tantrum. him: I needed to deploy but Github was down! Screw them! I'm going hosting company X instead. me: Does hosting company X guarantee that they will never be down when you want to deploy? him: ... At least that's how it comes off to me. If those other hosting companies really do provide him with what he needs better than Github does, then more power to him, but I seriously doubt that they do at the price point they have set.
- vidarh 17y agoEven if they do "guarantee" it, what happens if they fail to meet their guarantee? Most likely they'll credit him with a refund of his hosting fees for the downtime, or if he's really lucky some small multiple of it... Words are cheap, especially in the world of typical SLAs.