GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer

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The time-sharing computers of the 1970s meant operators could submit a job and get the results at some point in the future. Under the guise of “serverless”, everything old is new again. AWS Lambda reinvented the idea of submitting work … Read more

GitHub Actions could be so much better

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GitHub Actions could be so much better Programming, philosophy, pedaling. Sep 22, 2023     Tags: programming, rant, workflow     I love GitHub Actions: I’ve been a daily user of it since 2019 for both professional and hobbyist projects, … Read more

GitHub Is Down

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Subscribe to updates for Incident with Actions, Pages, Pull Requests, Codespaces, API Requests, Issues, Webhooks and Packages via email and/or text message. You’ll receive email notifications when incidents are updated, and text message notifications whenever GitHub creates or resolves an … Read more

Htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator

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We are excited to announce that htmx has been accepted into the first class of the GitHub Open Source Accelerator! This is a tremendous opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most successful open source developers and … Read more

GitHub Actions and Vanity Metrics

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The quality of the modern software craftsperson can be calculated using the following formula: Q∝(stars+downloads)slocQ propto frac{(stars + downloads)}{sloc}Q∝sloc(stars+downloads)​ What this shows is we need to maximise engagement relative to the amount of code written in order to be recognised … Read more

GitHub merge queue is generally available

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General availability of GitHub’s merge queue means good-bye to traffic jams on your team’s busiest branches. No more rushing to merge your pull requests before someone else merges theirs 🥵. Turn on GitHub’s merge queue today and accelerate your merge … Read more