🔗 What’s gone wrong at GitHub?

Reliability issues are driving users away in their droves. GitHub’s uptime has plummeted, with 257 logged incidents in just a year. In a shocking turn, the rapid scaling of AI workflows overwhelmed the platform, leading to significant outages, notably in the CI/CD system, Actions. This instability has led prominent users, such as the maintainers of the Zig programming language and HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto, to migrate away, citing unreliability and a deteriorating engineering culture.

GitHub’s CTO acknowledged that the platform wasn’t designed for the current scale demanded, and the integration of Copilot has only exacerbated the situation. As patience wanes among users, GitHub is now focused on ‘availability first’ in an attempt to regain trust amidst mounting pressure for better performance and reliability. The article raises critical questions about the future of GitHub and its role as a cornerstone of developer collaboration.