[BlackGuyCoding]

agreed 100%. This kind of thing shouldn't happen and this widespread. It's like no one is preparing for worse case scenarios until AFTER something tragic happens.

On the West Coast and I just lost twitter/soundcloud/github - 9:40 am PST

[karmajunkie]

loss of twitter, soundcloud, and github is what passes for tragic these days?

[oxtoacart]

As a programmer, the loss of GitHub is a pretty big deal in terms of work productivity, and as a maintainer of production systems that rely on assets from GitHub, it's a pretty big availability issue.

[karmajunkie]

I mean, i get it, its a big deal to us. But tragic? Syria is tragic. Github is just above annoying.

[waterhouse]

Let's say that it's tragic for the people whose job it is to maintain those services.

[exolymph]

Try PayPal. That's gonna be a big issue for everyone who uses their payment processing.