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>We are replacing the current MDN Wiki platform with a JAMStack approach, which publishes the content managed in a GitHub repo. So... Ceding control over conte
by gambler 6y ago
>We are replacing the current MDN Wiki platform with a JAMStack approach, which publishes the content managed in a GitHub repo.
So... Ceding control over content to GitHub. Ceding control over uptime to Amazon. (Both done by a company that paints itself as pro-people, pro-privacy, etc.)
>You will no longer be able to click Edit on a page, make and save a change, and have it show up nearly immediately on the page. You’ll also no longer be able to do your edits in a WYSIWYG editor.
The fact that this is presented as some sort of improvement is pure farce.
- nine_k 6y agoFrankly, vandalizing a page becomes harder. The job of people who would have to check and approve the PRs becomes harder, too.
- icebraining 6y agoThe current Wiki is already hosted on AWS.