GitHub is the wrong shape for this new world
The author argues that GitHub is no longer the optimal tool for modern software development due to changing workflows and the increased involvement of non-engineering teams. The piece calls for new infrastructure primitives to handle the velocity and scale of current software production.
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Challenges the status quo of industry-standard development tools, suggesting a shift in how companies manage software lifecycles.
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A lot of attention is given to the overall performance and reliability of GitHub. Rightfully so. But I think the more interesting thing to question is the paradigm that we use with GitHub. It's the wrong shape for how we build software today, and we need better tools, workflows, and infrastructure primitives that meet the new demand.
I realize this statement is a lot like saying "water is wet."
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