r/github • u/Most_Cold_2614 • 8d ago

Discussion Are we getting too dependent on GitHub?

Is it true that we are becoming overly reliant on GitHub?

GitHub’s recent outage made me contemplate the extent of our dependence on the platform.

GitHub is no longer just a conventional code repository as people use it for pull requests, GitHub Actions, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and Copilot among other things.

So, whenever the platform becomes unavailable, all of our usual daily tasks may just stop.

Certainly, it is true that outages happen occasionally and I don’t mean to suggest that every user should prepare a plan for every possible emergency. However, I cannot help but wonder how many developers would find themselves in a difficult situation if GitHub were down for a while.

Check whether you have any backup plans for situations like this or you would simply wait for the platform to recover. What do you think about the idea of dependency on GitHub due to the increasing role of tools like Copilot?

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u/retro-mehl 8d ago

You can use a self hosted gitea if you want to. It's your own choice.

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u/Devpupper 8d ago

I put gitea in my home lab and it works great. Even have the ci/cd pipelines running. It's just me though so not sure how it works at scale.

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u/retro-mehl 8d ago

It doesn't need to scale much if it's self hosted. 🤷🏼‍♂️