"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software - The Future Is Now
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I’ve used a lot of tools over the years, which means I’ve seen a lot of tools hit a plateau. That’s not always a problem; sometimes …

Not my blog, but the author’s experience reminded me of my own frustrations with Microsoft GitHub.

  • @[email protected]
    0•4 months ago

    I kinda got bored halfway through. From what I gather they’re salty that GitHub is switching to react? If that’s the issue then the headline is rather misleading isn’t it?

    Surely legacy software is one that drifts into obscurity through lack of investment which is the polar opposite of GitHub rewriting their entire front end…

    • @[email protected]
      0•4 months ago

      That’s another issue though. Will it get better or more bloaty webapp, like modern reddit vs. old.reddit?

    • JackbyDevEnglish
      0•4 months ago

      Crappy old websites that don’t behave properly with my browsers search function sound like legacy though. I agree the headline is worded a little strangely but I can see their point.

    • moxOP
      0•4 months ago

      From what I gather they’re salty that GitHub is switching to react?

      No, that is not the point at all. React is just an incidental detail she considered while trying to figure out what was going on.

      • Eager EagleEnglish
        0•4 months ago

        It’s not an incidental detail when the text is almost entirely around the issue caused by this (mis-)use of react. The author doesn’t give another argument to support their view.

        • @[email protected]
          0•4 months ago

          There seems to be a rando paragraph about AI as well,then it trails off that they’re looking for recommendations for git blame clients. I couldn’t really figure out how it was all GitHub’s fault or where the word legacy fits in.

          • Eager EagleEnglish
            0•4 months ago

            The thing is a new feature - AI-related in this case - contradicts the idea of legacy software to me, so I really don’t know what was the point of that other than “complaining about github”.

            • @[email protected]
              0•4 months ago

              OP also felt the need to refer to the platform as Microsoft GitHub. So it seems likely this is all just grumbling about evil corp making changes

    • Eager EagleEnglish
      0•4 months ago

      they’re salty that GitHub is switching to react

      there’s your tl;dr