From a software point of view, this is what I like to most about GitHub: using the README.md visualization as your web site. Before GitHub and README.md, when

From a software point of view, this is what I like to most about GitHub: using the README.md visualization as your web site. Before GitHub and README.md, when you published your source code you also had to create a small website, just to let people know what it was, how it worked and where to reach you. With GitHub you just write a quick README.md and you have published your acceptably nice homepage. With a simple README.md you do not distract yourself with creating an homepage, writing a CSS, maybe even installing a CMS. Obviously you can create a site later on, but only if and when it is really needed.