SemiAnalysis defends GitHub amid criticism, citing long-term value and recent improvements

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-06-27 01:00

SemiAnalysis offers a defense of GitHub, acknowledging past criticisms regarding reliability, security, and performance. The opinion piece highlights GitHub's long-standing provision of free services like version control and CI/CD, especially since its acquisition by Microsoft. The author suggests directing criticism towards Microsoft's executive team for more engineering resources, while noting recent improvements in GitHub's reliability and the attentiveness of its engineering teams. AI

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SemiAnalysis defends GitHub amid criticism, citing long-term value and recent improvements

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OPINION: Over the past year or so, GitHub has received so much hate for reliability, security, and performance issues. We have often been critics ourselves. How

OPINION: Over the past year or so, GitHub has received so much hate for reliability, security, and performance issues. We have often been critics ourselves. However it's important to remember that GitHub has graciously provided free version control, CI/CD, and issue tracking for …

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OPINION: Over the past year or so, GitHub has received so much hate for reliability, security, and performance issues. We have often been critics ourselves. How

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