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The pitch simply wasn’t true. Data was not destroyed and was restored hours later.

swells34 3y ago
It's a pitch. The story has obviously been embellished and polished and condensed, ready public consumption. Being pedantic against it is not productive.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  If the pitch is dishonest, why would I ever trust them with something as vital as my VCS? (And yes, "embellished" means dishonest)
- spiderice 3y ago
  That's a creative way to defend a dishonest pitch
- MrDarcy 3y ago
  Politely disagree. It’s productive because hopefully future teams who launch on HN ask each other, “Is what we’re saying true?” during all those polishing and condensing sessions. If they don’t, the risk is crossing a line that damages the reputation of the team and undermines months if not years of hard work.
- water-your-self 3y ago
  This is not a pedantic criticism.
lowbloodsugar 3y ago
For many of us, the story rings true. We have ourselves had horror stories that we did manage to recover from after a few hours of fearfully googling, and we know of other, less capable friends and colleagues who were unable to recover the data and who just accepted the loss.
- TexasMick 3y ago
  It's kinda crazy argument, I think data loss is way more likely with a centralised system than a decentralised system.
  - lowbloodsugar 3y ago
    You think Microsoft losing GitHub repos is more likely than poor bastards trying to make sense of the git command line? You think these guys are going to do a worse job with their centralized service?
    - TexasMick 3y ago
      People have lost data on GitHub from repositories being copyright striked for example. At least with git, every developer has a copy of the full history so full data loss is impossible really. What happens if this company folds? You're left with some proprietary repo that you suddenly have to workout how to self host. It just doesn't make sense when compared to just learning git which is definitely the most fruitful thing a developer could learn at the start of their career.

It's a pitch. The story has obviously been embellished and polished and condensed, ready public consumption. Being pedantic against it is not productive.

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
If the pitch is dishonest, why would I ever trust them with something as vital as my VCS? (And yes, "embellished" means dishonest)
spiderice 3y ago
That's a creative way to defend a dishonest pitch
MrDarcy 3y ago
Politely disagree. It’s productive because hopefully future teams who launch on HN ask each other, “Is what we’re saying true?” during all those polishing and condensing sessions. If they don’t, the risk is crossing a line that damages the reputation of the team and undermines months if not years of hard work.
water-your-self 3y ago
This is not a pedantic criticism.

lowbloodsugar 3y ago

For many of us, the story rings true. We have ourselves had horror stories that we did manage to recover from after a few hours of fearfully googling, and we know of other, less capable friends and colleagues who were unable to recover the data and who just accepted the loss.

TexasMick 3y ago
It's kinda crazy argument, I think data loss is way more likely with a centralised system than a decentralised system.
- lowbloodsugar 3y ago
  You think Microsoft losing GitHub repos is more likely than poor bastards trying to make sense of the git command line? You think these guys are going to do a worse job with their centralized service?
  - TexasMick 3y ago
    People have lost data on GitHub from repositories being copyright striked for example. At least with git, every developer has a copy of the full history so full data loss is impossible really. What happens if this company folds? You're left with some proprietary repo that you suddenly have to workout how to self host. It just doesn't make sense when compared to just learning git which is definitely the most fruitful thing a developer could learn at the start of their career.