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27 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 11 stories, 16 comments · first 2011-12-23 · latest 2021-06-02
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As far as I know GitHub doesn't use Azure at all, I think it's still hosted by Carpathia. https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by MaxBarraclough · 2021-06-02 · in GitHub was having issues -
…a reboot of downtime, the ability to easily transform your virtual HDD into a virtual SSD, etc. [0] https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by MaxBarraclough · 2020-11-23 · in Open-source paved the way for today’s remote software development processes -
…the bargain-bin VPS providers. GitHub for instance is apparently [0] hosted by Carpathia [1]. [0] https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553 [1] http://www.carpathia.com/ (they should really fix https://www.carpathia.com )
comment by MaxBarraclough · 2020-07-23 · in Designing a scalable API on AWS spot instances -
…control isn't a compelling advantage, it's another way of saying you have more obligations. [0] https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by MaxBarraclough · 2020-06-29 · in GitHub was down -
…from a flat structure to a hierarchical is probably a good case study to read if you're interested: https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/800
comment by dumbfoundded · 2020-05-13 · in Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever -
I don't think they mainly run on AWS, but on "bare metal": https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by akx · 2020-02-28 · in GitHub was down -
…to give talks on Github scaling challenges revealed they shifted from Rackspace. See yourself - https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by worldexplorer · 2017-07-31 · in GitHub was down -
No they shifted from Rackspace. https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by worldexplorer · 2017-07-31 · in GitHub was down -
They ran out of rackspace now they are on real hardware. https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/553
comment by worldexplorer · 2017-07-31 · in GitHub was down -
I really like Zach Holman's comment on this one. --- [0]: https://github.com/holman/ama/issues/698#issuecomment-118547... I can't remember who said it initially, but my favorite sentiment on all this is: > The only people still using Ruby…
comment by octref · 2016-05-16 · in Ruby has been fast enough for 13 years -
…that Zach Holman at Github addresses in why Github doesn't really communicate about their roadmap: https://github.com/holman/feedback/issues/534 In our case it was because we were basing all of our roadmap on how we operated in 2012 when…
comment by raiyu · 2014-05-09 · in Digital Ocean: Limited Public IPv6 Beta Release -
…companies should stop promising things if they are not sure when and if they can actually deliver. https://github.com/holman/feedback/issues/534#issuecomment-4...
comment by wereHamster · 2014-05-05 · in CloudFlare's internet-facing SSL cipher configuration -
Holman has one too: https://github.com/holman/feedback
comment by steveklabnik · 2014-04-10 · in Dear GitHub: Please let us sort our projects -
It seems that Holman has already used it 5 months ago. https://github.com/holman/feedback/issues/432
comment by jupiterrr · 2014-02-26 · in GitHub's new text editor leaked on Twitter -
…downside IMHO is salary (it has been stated people generally have the same base salary at GitHub - https://github.com/holman/feedback/issues/150 ). Egalitarian salary structures work for some but also have their downsides.
comment by petercooper · 2012-06-05 · in What's it like to work at GitHub? -
Keynote. You might be interested in: http://zachholman.com/posts/slide-design-for-developers/ https://github.com/holman/feedback/issues/71
comment by holman · 2012-01-29 · in How GitHub Uses GitHub to Build GitHub