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by bmpafa 3313 days ago
Then Github's up :)
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half0wl 3313 days ago
How does that work? It isn't just an empty repo titled "status" that you try to load to see if Github is down, is it?
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IshKebab 3313 days ago
Yes that's the joke.
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i336_ 3313 days ago
Note that the person who replied is not the person who owned the repo.

Either this is a case of Put the joke into air ten feet of north of me. Verify the result. or there was an issue with the repo.

If I was doing this I'd be looking at making a real repo with a magic string in its README.md - because there's a big difference between HTTP 200 on / for github.com, and everything working correctly so that magic string displays.

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half0wl 3313 days ago
I believe it's a joke.

I missed the "Amazon-style" part in the OP, which I guess is referencing how Amazon used to (?) host their status page.

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i336_ 3313 days ago
Right. It went straight over my head. :)
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