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Github > youtube (gregtech.eu)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lena@gregtech.eu to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't even know there was a competition for having a bigger audience.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Third-party or self hosted GitLab FTW.

Youtube is kind of hard to replace, though. There's attempts but I'm skeptical they'll go far.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not with that attitude they won't!

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How many YouTube competitors have risen up and died since it first started? PeerTube is fine but there's no AdSense so the really big an medium sized ones won't move over. There aren't enough viewers for sponsorships to be worth while so it's purely passion that will drive people to upload onto it, which is great but it basically limits the uploads to people who are techy enough or care enough about decentralization to go out of their way to not get payed.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What about just the bandwidth and storage requirements? Any news on that?

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Getting Embraced and Extended must feel nice.

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

147 people follow me. I have no idea why. I'm boring.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

1,873 contributions in the last year

Maybe it’s because you’re fucking sexy

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I require thy github username

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Same as lemmy username

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 3 weeks ago

Have a follow

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

#holy shit that's you?

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I follow two people. I have no idea why I did that either.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have 3 followers, one is a maintainer of Postgres and I’ll tell literally anyone who fucking listens

[–] nik9000@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Take the win.

I mostly just use GitHub for work. I don't think the social media bits matter.

Except stars. I've been told investors use stars as a proxy for interest lately. I see how bots these make a lot of sense.

All this bots stuff reminds me of an off hand part of Anathem. They had this historical arms race of garbage spread on their internet. There's these monk folks who have been fighting it for generations. I thought it was sill years ago. Feels sane now.

[–] TheFox@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why would anyone ever compare those platforms?

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As a joke. That's kinda why we're here.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'M SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK PAL

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

How could you!

[–] salmoura@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 3 weeks ago

Internet points.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Theres been a LOT of bots on github lately. They mass follow each other. Its pretty easy to see them as they will have 1k+ followers and follow just as many. Theres growing scams and acounts where you can buy GH accounts online that are "primed" with followers so your account looks good.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Both suck

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

[+] lena@gregtech.eu -20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Github is pretty amazing, better than Gitlab or Forgejo imo, however, fuck Microsoft.

[–] HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

GitHub can talk to me when they let me self host and have better ci/cd

[–] Molecular5869@feddit.org 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is GitHub better than GitLab? Did I miss something big or are you refering to smaller differences in function? I thought GitLab offered basically the same core functionality as GitHub.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

GitHub and Gitlab are very similar.

Gitlab lets you self host which is why it wins for me.

Bitbucket is the worst.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago

the interface is not near as slow and clunky IMO, and it's always broken when using JShelter extension for me

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The only good thing about GitHub is the fact that its backend is git

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are better backends though.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Better in what way?

There are certainly others but … git is the defacto standard for a reason.

There are certainly use cases for others, just wondering what you mean?

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Git is for bazaar-style development. However, most of my own projects are cathedral-style.
Git’s default user experience (CLI command syntax, for example) is weird. There are reasons why Git GUIs are popular and (e.g.) SVN GUIs never were.
Git is rather spammy in terms of hard disk usage.

[–] gimmemahlulz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

> says there are better back ends

> Doesn't list a single one nor how they're better

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on the task. SVN or Fossil (if you need a web interface) for cathedral-style, Mercurial for bazaar-style, I’d say. Especially because of their easy to understand UX.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

better in what way?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nothing is preventing git from being used for cathedral development.
Nothing is preventing you from using any of the plethora of frontends available.
If all of your projects are a single file, you have much deeper problems than selecting source control.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm impressed it hasn't become a bloated copilot mess like all other Microsoft products have. It's still relatively as quick and functional as it's ever been.

I wouldn't say it's perfect. Definitely not. But it's definitely on the highest end of Microsoft owned products.

Probably because it's very similar to how it was before they bought it.

I primarily do not use it for development though. So take that with a grain of salt. Some small projects I contribute to still.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just give it time. Microsoft's modus operandi is EEE; they're just having to contend with the absolutely massive user base, so they're moving much more slowly.

GitHub certainly is as "functional" as it's ever been, and no more. Basic search is still laughable, for example.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like YouTube one can lead into another. Because it's hard to get people to follow you in GitHub. But having another platform where you can advertise your programs means a lot. Even if you write something useful people are not going to discover you without something else doing the outreach.