The moment GitHub moved from Rails to React is when the spark went out for me. The web experience doesn't feel nearly as good. Perhaps from the offices in SF it

The moment GitHub moved from Rails to React is when the spark went out for me. The web experience doesn't feel nearly as good. Perhaps from the offices in SF it's indistinguishable to the old SSR architecture, but every interaction feels like a trip to a geostationary satellite when using it from TX. I simply need my tools to not run like shit. There are things that you cannot do with GitHub anymore that you once were able to. For example, reviewing 500 file PRS might be an "anti-pattern" in HN's mind on average, but there are a lot of real-world scenarios at actual businesses where this comes up and there's literally nothing you can do about it other than have tools that don't suck at the job. I've been working on a self-hosted GitHub alternative in my spare time. The goal is to have a lightweight public instance for discoverability and community over reasonably sized projects and to also offer a freeware download of the same for private and other self-hosting needs. The entire focus is on the simplest possible thing. Absolutely zero energy into AI, LLMs, client-side rendering circuses, etc. All that really matters to me is code/issues/pulls - primarily in B2B SaaS contexts. I'm just trying to run a small team and manage a codebase for 1-100 customers. I don't need to run an entire war and I certainly don't need my tools to entertain me with an endless stream of shiny distractions.