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Hashicorp co-founder quits GitHub citing daily outages impacting work

Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto has announced he is moving his project Ghostty away from GitHub due to frequent and impactful outages. Hashimoto, a long-time GitHub user, expressed frustration over daily disruptions affecting his ability to work and ship software. He cited issues with GitHub Actions and other services, stating the platform is no longer reliable for serious development work. While open to returning if significant improvements are made, he is currently exploring alternative code hosting providers. AI

IMPACT Developer dissatisfaction with platform reliability could impact adoption of AI-assisted coding tools hosted on GitHub.

RANK_REASON Developer expresses dissatisfaction with a widely used tool due to reliability issues.

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Hashicorp co-founder quits GitHub citing daily outages impacting work

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Simon Sharwood ·

    Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub ‘no longer a place for serious work’

    <h4>Bemoans frequent outages that mean he’ll move Ghostty elsewhere</h4> <p>Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto has decided GitHub is so unstable it is “no longer a place for serious work,” and will therefore move his current project elsewhere.…</p>