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I'd add a third point: record service usage. https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/ https://github.blog/news-insights

I'd add a third point: record service usage. https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/ https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-...

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marginalia_nu 6mo ago
We don't have a labeled y-axis so their record usage could be a 5% increase for all they're showing us.
- weiliddat 6mo ago
  I think it doesn't need to be a large X% increase, just needs to hit some critical infra threshold where various services start failing and cascade. Weakest link and everything.
- msla 6mo ago
  This isn't 1998 anymore.
  - marginalia_nu 6mo ago
    Were we better at labeling axes in 1998? Sounds plausible, but who knows.
sureglymop 6mo ago
It interestingly shows how a centralized system may just fail or become too flaky at unprecedented growth. I suppose it's a bit too on the nose to point out that git is decentralized and itself doesn't really suffer from this, nor need it.
IshKebab 6mo ago
Yeah if those graphs are even vaguely accurate there's really only one explanation: vibe coders pushing previously unimaginable amount of slop. I would not be surprised if Github has to stop offering so many services for free.
- dgb23 6mo ago
  Not even vibe coders, but autonomous agents/bots. I‘ve noticed that some projects have „Claude“ as one of their top three contributors.
  - madeforhnyo 6mo ago
    Claude code co-authors commits, that might account
- nvme0n1p1 6mo ago
  > if those graphs are even vaguely accurate They aren't, of course. The Y axis is missing. GitHub didn't have 0 daily commits at the start of 2023. https://handsondataviz.org/how-to-lie-with-charts.html#exaggerate-change-in-charts https://handsondataviz.org/how-to-lie-with-charts.html#exagg...
  - ncruces 6mo ago
    No, but commits are growing 14x YoY: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878 https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878
arianvanp 6mo ago
And yet GitHub has felt the most dead it ever did. Less quality contributions. Less feeling of community. All the open source projects are struggling. They dont have a service usage problem they have a slop problem. Ban the slop and the platform will thrive
- gavmor 6mo ago
  Is it September already?
  - Rapzid 6mo ago
    Wake me up when...

I'd add a third point: record service usage. https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/ https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-...

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marginalia_nu 6mo ago

We don't have a labeled y-axis so their record usage could be a 5% increase for all they're showing us.

weiliddat 6mo ago
I think it doesn't need to be a large X% increase, just needs to hit some critical infra threshold where various services start failing and cascade. Weakest link and everything.
msla 6mo ago
This isn't 1998 anymore.
- marginalia_nu 6mo ago
  Were we better at labeling axes in 1998? Sounds plausible, but who knows.

sureglymop 6mo ago

It interestingly shows how a centralized system may just fail or become too flaky at unprecedented growth. I suppose it's a bit too on the nose to point out that git is decentralized and itself doesn't really suffer from this, nor need it.

IshKebab 6mo ago

Yeah if those graphs are even vaguely accurate there's really only one explanation: vibe coders pushing previously unimaginable amount of slop. I would not be surprised if Github has to stop offering so many services for free.

dgb23 6mo ago
Not even vibe coders, but autonomous agents/bots. I‘ve noticed that some projects have „Claude“ as one of their top three contributors.
- madeforhnyo 6mo ago
  Claude code co-authors commits, that might account
nvme0n1p1 6mo ago
> if those graphs are even vaguely accurate They aren't, of course. The Y axis is missing. GitHub didn't have 0 daily commits at the start of 2023. https://handsondataviz.org/how-to-lie-with-charts.html#exaggerate-change-in-charts https://handsondataviz.org/how-to-lie-with-charts.html#exagg...
- ncruces 6mo ago
  No, but commits are growing 14x YoY: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878 https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878

arianvanp 6mo ago

And yet GitHub has felt the most dead it ever did. Less quality contributions. Less feeling of community. All the open source projects are struggling. They dont have a service usage problem they have a slop problem. Ban the slop and the platform will thrive

gavmor 6mo ago
Is it September already?
- Rapzid 6mo ago
  Wake me up when...