[xyzzy_plugh]

Regardless of how we feel, GitHub has been swallowed by the bureaucracy and is being thoroughly digested and dismantled as talent and leadership flee elsewhere.

This kind of turmoil is dangerous for even the healthiest business, and yet GitHub has been shitting the bed left and right for years now, and the shitting is still accelerating. It's rather unbelievable.

Even if they had a solid plan and somehow could execute, I don't see how they can come back from this.

I think they're fully cooked.

[tracker1]

I think it's scary how deeply MS is relying on Github Copilot for a lot of the developer chores/tasks... and I don't think it's for the better. There's been a major push from all directions to lower developer salaries. Firing full-timers in lieu of H1-B and temp/contract workers at ever lower rates. Remote roles that used to at least split the difference are now pushing for lower than average localized rates.

MS should be hiring the best of the best and let them choose what, if any, agents they use to accelerate their work. They should also probably reduce some team sizes and bring in higher paid senior talent. One of my all time favorite projects consisted of all very senior level developers... was it perfect or bug free, nope... but what it was is consistent and higher caliber than any other project I've worked on. Someone says they'll have their component or API ready for you on Weds, it'll be there.

Now, it'll be there, but run poorly, have a wrong implementation and need to rework the entire interface 4-5 times before settling on something usable, all while other groups are still stuck on a prior version because of pressure from upstream to deliver "features" over stability.