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by qbasic_forever 1961 days ago
Github made _Github style_ development seamless--i.e. centralized source control, slick web UI instead of CLI focus, pull requests instead of e-mailed patches. It's one of many different ways to build software though and it's a fallacy to say the entire field of software development didn't move forward until it existed. For someone who has only known Github style development it's true, but for many projects (including some of the largest in the world like the Linux kernel, all of Google's internal code, etc.) Github style development isn't necessary.
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danbolt 1961 days ago
> it's a fallacy to say the entire field of software development didn't move forward until it existed

I mean, like, it kinda did in some ways? I feel like GitHub's semi-centralized web UI and pull requests empowered a lot of people to engage in software development online that wouldn't otherwise. I think if it didn't, we wouldn't see value in GitLab and Gittea providing GitHub's accessibility in a more decentralized way.

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lmm 1961 days ago
> it's a fallacy to say the entire field of software development didn't move forward until it existed

A lot of software development got a lot better. Yes, software development was possible before GitHub, but it lowered the barrier to entry a lot.

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