[SoftTalker]

Why do network effects matter for "in-house" (i.e. corporate/commercial) software work?

Open-source projects, yes I can sort of get it, you want to be where the contributors are (but there are downsides to that also).

[johnfn]

OK, say you're proposing an in-house tool to host your repo to your boss. What do you think will sound better? "Let's use this random vibecoded app I just found"? Or "Let's use GitHub"?

[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

A ton of third-party tools only work with the most popular providers, github, and then gitlab, then nothing, then the rest.

[SoftTalker]

OK, but if using these tools means tolerating ~80% uptime then maybe reconsider.

[foundatron]

First they came for the four nines And I did not speak out Because I was not a power grid

Then they came for the three nines And I did not speak out Because I was not paying for Enterprise

Then they came for the two nines And I did not speak out Because the status page said all systems operational

Then they came for the one nine And I did not speak out Because I was a manager, and outages are just extra standup material

Then they came for the coin flip And there was no one left to merge my PR Because Actions was down And so was Pages And so was Codespaces And the status page said all systems operational