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> The recent rewrite of github search has probably made sourcegraph irrelevant. It only makes it irrelevamt if all your code is hosted on Github. I'm quite ti

> The recent rewrite of github search has probably made sourcegraph irrelevant. It only makes it irrelevamt if all your code is hosted on Github. I'm quite tired of Github-proprietary solutions being hailed as the "industry norm." Or vendors like shipping products and integrations that only work with Github. Git is a decentralized protocol; please treat it like one.

hgsgm 3y ago
The problem is that "people who don't want to pay to outsource things" isn't a lucrative market of providers of outsource services..
_9hey 3y ago
I strongly agree with this sentiment, whether applied to github, AWS, or any other popular platform. The industry should avoid single points of failure.
- swyx 3y ago
  (typed on Hacker News, on an Apple Mac, probably on Google Chrome)
  - thewarpaint 3y ago
    Care to elaborate how the choice of a person’s equipment and browser relates to GitHub constituting a single point of failure for the industry as the prevalent Git hosting tool?
    - rmbyrro 3y ago
      In my opinion (you may differ), Apple and Google are notorious for locking their users onto their proprietary platforms to milk as much money as they can, no matter at what cost. So complaining about Github proprietary tools and at the same time supporting Apple and Google for doing the same is a bit contradictory. Should be using an open OS and browser.
      - thewarpaint 3y ago
        Again, the original thread said “The industry should avoid single points of failure”. Neither Apple (Mac) nor Google (Chrome) represent single points of failure for the industry.
        rmbyrro 3y ago
        It depends on the angle you look. From a software eng infra standpoint, in general, ok. But we can look elsewhere. In the mobile space, for example, it's hard to deny iOS & Android, Appstore & Google Play. In terms of privacy, the internet is a complete failure with Chrome, Google Analytics, etc. A large chunk of the most relevant software businesses go to the extent of mandating developers to use Apple products. I experienced this myself, when I wasn't allowed to use a PC running Linux for "security reasons". Like if Apple OS is safer than Arch. That's a big point of failure, in my opinion...

hgsgm 3y ago

The problem is that "people who don't want to pay to outsource things" isn't a lucrative market of providers of outsource services..

_9hey 3y ago

I strongly agree with this sentiment, whether applied to github, AWS, or any other popular platform. The industry should avoid single points of failure.

swyx 3y ago
(typed on Hacker News, on an Apple Mac, probably on Google Chrome)
- thewarpaint 3y ago
  Care to elaborate how the choice of a person’s equipment and browser relates to GitHub constituting a single point of failure for the industry as the prevalent Git hosting tool?
  - rmbyrro 3y ago
    In my opinion (you may differ), Apple and Google are notorious for locking their users onto their proprietary platforms to milk as much money as they can, no matter at what cost. So complaining about Github proprietary tools and at the same time supporting Apple and Google for doing the same is a bit contradictory. Should be using an open OS and browser.
    - thewarpaint 3y ago
      Again, the original thread said “The industry should avoid single points of failure”. Neither Apple (Mac) nor Google (Chrome) represent single points of failure for the industry.
      - rmbyrro 3y ago
        It depends on the angle you look. From a software eng infra standpoint, in general, ok. But we can look elsewhere. In the mobile space, for example, it's hard to deny iOS & Android, Appstore & Google Play. In terms of privacy, the internet is a complete failure with Chrome, Google Analytics, etc. A large chunk of the most relevant software businesses go to the extent of mandating developers to use Apple products. I experienced this myself, when I wasn't allowed to use a PC running Linux for "security reasons". Like if Apple OS is safer than Arch. That's a big point of failure, in my opinion...