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I just love how github ends up being blog, forum, wiki, disqus-clone etc. for us tech people. As for the stand I used this cheap ikea-hack: https://i.pinimg.co

by xab9 9y ago

I just love how github ends up being blog, forum, wiki, disqus-clone etc. for us tech people. As for the stand I used this cheap ikea-hack: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c7/c9/a0/c7c9a072c328a3596186e1b711b65bf6--laptop-storage-laptop-desk.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c7/c9/a0/c7c9a072c328a3596186e1b71... (can't find the original post sry)

tambourine_man 9y ago
I don't know if I love that, but it has turned into all of those things indeed.
- amelius 9y ago
  As long as GitHub doesn't abuse its control of the portal, it's okay.
bitwize 9y ago
GitHub is basically DeviantArt for programmers. When you look at it that way it all makes sense.
- rootlocus 9y ago
  While both are filled with low quality content, personal experiments without public importance, etc. I think github has some high quality, community relevant content that DeviantArt lacks. I see it like both DeviantArt and something like ArtStation.
  - jimmies 9y ago
    I have tons of silly projects on GitHub. The same thing for DeviantArt too, I would think the 1-hour programmer hackjob is probably just as bad as a 1-hour caricature.
mxuribe 9y ago
I actually dislike that fact very much. Oh, I don't disagree that github is that for so many users...and i can not disagree with the convenience of what github provides...I simply dislike that it is all controlled/owned by github...a single point of technical/infrastructure failure, and a single corporate entity where so much content (content beyond raw code, that is) is hosted...not unlike the facebook effect. I wish people hosted their content in a more decentralized fashion.
- amelius 9y ago
  Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.
  - majewsky 9y ago
    > easily So they added a button to dump all issues and PRs without messing with the API?
    - Operyl 9y ago
      We’re programmers... working with APIs is what most of us do day to day, they’re not holding it hostage behind complicated and metered usage APIs.
      - ramses0 9y ago
        GitHub API is decidedly metered. https://developer.github.com/v3/rate_limit/ https://developer.github.com/v3/rate_limit/
        Operyl 9y ago
        When I say metered, I meant "pay per query", not rate limits meant to keep the service online.
jimmies 9y ago
That's so true. I helped a friend who is hosting his freaking school research symposium website on there. It's easy to set up and collaborate on there. Love that.
madmod 9y ago
100 years from now maybe github will be the new geosites. Or maybe my great great grandkids can review that PR I made today.
- jason_slack 9y ago
  Wow, great thought. Maybe I had better write better commit messages then.
  - pdfernhout 9y ago
    Recent commits with profanity: http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/ http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/ Wall of shame? :-)
- ktta 9y ago
  Reminds me of how increasingly online everything has become, which is being documented in perfect detail. Would be interesting how sociology would change a couple decades from now.
  - saagarjha 9y ago
    > which is being documented in perfect detail I wouldn't go as far as to say that…websites are lost every day without an archive of them being taken.
- Cthulhu_ 9y ago
  The difference being that you can clone the exact contents of a repo with one press of a button. That's just the code though, I wish Github also stored wiki, issues, images, and all other "meta" data into the repository as well. That way, it would be easy for archive.org and other parties to build a scraper that just takes snapshots of all repos every once in a while, for posterity.
ralfd 9y ago
What is that ikea thingy?
- kikimaru 9y ago
  Looks like a shelving frame* with a door handle to hold the laptop.
  - jeroen 9y ago
    The handle seems to be a Lansa: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60138759/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60138759/
- jeroen 9y ago
  https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-out-125750 https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-o...
jeroen 9y ago
Source for the Ikea stand: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-out-125750 https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-o...
hoosieree 9y ago
Just needs swipe left/swipe right on the Issues tab...

by xab9 9y ago

tambourine_man 9y ago

I don't know if I love that, but it has turned into all of those things indeed.

amelius 9y ago
As long as GitHub doesn't abuse its control of the portal, it's okay.

bitwize 9y ago

GitHub is basically DeviantArt for programmers. When you look at it that way it all makes sense.

rootlocus 9y ago
While both are filled with low quality content, personal experiments without public importance, etc. I think github has some high quality, community relevant content that DeviantArt lacks. I see it like both DeviantArt and something like ArtStation.
- jimmies 9y ago
  I have tons of silly projects on GitHub. The same thing for DeviantArt too, I would think the 1-hour programmer hackjob is probably just as bad as a 1-hour caricature.

mxuribe 9y ago

I actually dislike that fact very much. Oh, I don't disagree that github is that for so many users...and i can not disagree with the convenience of what github provides...I simply dislike that it is all controlled/owned by github...a single point of technical/infrastructure failure, and a single corporate entity where so much content (content beyond raw code, that is) is hosted...not unlike the facebook effect. I wish people hosted their content in a more decentralized fashion.

amelius 9y ago
Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.
- majewsky 9y ago
  > easily So they added a button to dump all issues and PRs without messing with the API?
  - Operyl 9y ago
    We’re programmers... working with APIs is what most of us do day to day, they’re not holding it hostage behind complicated and metered usage APIs.
    - ramses0 9y ago
      GitHub API is decidedly metered. https://developer.github.com/v3/rate_limit/ https://developer.github.com/v3/rate_limit/
      - Operyl 9y ago
        When I say metered, I meant "pay per query", not rate limits meant to keep the service online.

jimmies 9y ago

That's so true. I helped a friend who is hosting his freaking school research symposium website on there. It's easy to set up and collaborate on there. Love that.

madmod 9y ago

100 years from now maybe github will be the new geosites. Or maybe my great great grandkids can review that PR I made today.

jason_slack 9y ago
Wow, great thought. Maybe I had better write better commit messages then.
- pdfernhout 9y ago
  Recent commits with profanity: http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/ http://www.commitlogsfromlastnight.com/ Wall of shame? :-)
ktta 9y ago
Reminds me of how increasingly online everything has become, which is being documented in perfect detail. Would be interesting how sociology would change a couple decades from now.
- saagarjha 9y ago
  > which is being documented in perfect detail I wouldn't go as far as to say that…websites are lost every day without an archive of them being taken.
Cthulhu_ 9y ago
The difference being that you can clone the exact contents of a repo with one press of a button. That's just the code though, I wish Github also stored wiki, issues, images, and all other "meta" data into the repository as well. That way, it would be easy for archive.org and other parties to build a scraper that just takes snapshots of all repos every once in a while, for posterity.

ralfd 9y ago

What is that ikea thingy?

kikimaru 9y ago
Looks like a shelving frame* with a door handle to hold the laptop.
- jeroen 9y ago
  The handle seems to be a Lansa: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60138759/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60138759/
jeroen 9y ago
https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-out-125750 https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-o...

jeroen 9y ago

Source for the Ikea stand: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-out-125750 https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/making-a-laptopbook-stand-o...

hoosieree 9y ago

Just needs swipe left/swipe right on the Issues tab...