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The flip side is economies of scale. Github can implement code search, credential scanning, malware scanning, or any other number of other things and theoretic
by hayst4ck 4y ago
The flip side is economies of scale.
Github can implement code search, credential scanning, malware scanning, or any other number of other things and theoretically, every code repo can get it for free.
When everything is centralized, adding a new feature costs k but gives N benefit. When there are M different options adding a new feature costs k * M for N benefit.
I don't think it's as black and white as centralization is bad, but I do agree that it gives microsoft undue power and that power can be a force for good or evil.
- enriquto 4y ago> Github can implement code search Sounds great! When are they going to do it?
- emi2k01 4y agoAre you being sarcastic? If not, GitHub recently updated their search feature and it's pretty good. https://github.com/search/advanced https://github.com/search/advanced https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/github-code-search/understanding-github-code-search-syntax https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/github-code-search/...
- 0x6c6f6c 4y agoI hope it's better. I've historically had searches that work best with an exact match, symbols, etc. that just DO NOT work with Haha search.
- n0zmer 4y agoI think it was more of a jab at GitHubs laughable search. Somehow, in 2023, GitHubs search is so fucking terrible it fails to find exact string matches in codebases.
- kelnos 4y agoGiven that most of the alternative hosting services are based on a relatively small number of platforms (GitLab, Gitea, SourceHut), I would guess it's likely they'll get advanced features like the ones you mention, at least eventually. Certainly some of the less-well-funded hosting services may not have the resources to run all these things, though.