Pierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 2 days agoHow GitHub monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystemploum.netexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkHow GitHub monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystemploum.netPierre-Yves Lapersonne@programming.dev to Programming@programming.dev · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoCodeberg has free CI if your project has a FOSS license and a readme: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-e.V./requests#woodpecker-ci
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoThey’re clearly not going to be able to afford $100m/year in free CI.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoWhich is one of the reasons behind github’s network effect.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoThat’s not a network effect.
minus-square0x1C3B00DA@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoI said its one of the reasons behind the network effect, not the network effect itself. github can offer more freebies, which attracts more users, which makes it more attractive to other users and for existing users to stick around.
Codeberg has free CI if your project has a FOSS license and a readme: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-e.V./requests#woodpecker-ci
They’re clearly not going to be able to afford $100m/year in free CI.
Which is one of the reasons behind github’s network effect.
That’s not a network effect.
I said its one of the reasons behind the network effect, not the network effect itself. github can offer more freebies, which attracts more users, which makes it more attractive to other users and for existing users to stick around.