Emacs discusses web-based development workflows

Posted Sep 3, 2021 2:31 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Emacs discusses web-based development workflows by anton
Parent article: Emacs discusses web-based development workflows

> It seems to me that if you change to follow the latest trend, that trend has a good chance to turn out to be a fad.
Github has existed since 2008, that's almost 14 years. It's quite clear that this model of development is not going away.

Emacs discusses web-based development workflows

Posted Sep 3, 2021 6:38 UTC (Fri) by NYKevin (subscriber, #129325) [Link]

GitHub is so old, other forge sites are often simply described as "like GitHub but better/different/[other adjective]" or as "like GitHub for [noun]." The notion that it's a passing fad would be hilarious, if people did not actually believe it.

Emacs discusses web-based development workflows

Posted Sep 3, 2021 13:53 UTC (Fri) by anton (subscriber, #25547) [Link]

Is github even in the running for the Emacs forge? My impression is that it is not.

Sourceforge has been around since 1999, but at some point (probably when github ate its lunch) it turned ugly.

If some other forge becomes more popular than github, how will github react? I expect that they will become much more focussed on monetizing their existing user base, in whatever ways they can get away with. And many users won't be pleased.