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GitHub employees what's going on? Why?

GitHub employees what's going on? Why?

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  • I think it's two things:

    - GitHub attempting (and seemingly failing) to move to Azure infrastucture for its website backend

    - AI generated code wrecking the site due to the volume of activities.

    by VCFundedGenYer
  • Lovable only uses GitHub for storing projects. And requires people to provide their own GitHub account. Lots of vibe coders with no technical background are now having lovable push commits to GitHub
    by alightsoul
  • Many microsoft services are down/failing today, including sites hosted on Azure. I'm guessing it's a larger MS outage.
    by solfox
  • GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45517173 - October 2025 (63 comments)

    HN Search: azure capacity - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

    Azure Capacity Crunch Extends into 2026 Amid Data Center Constraints - https://windowsforum.com/threads/azure-capacity-crunch-exten... - October 9th, 2025

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427779

    by toomuchtodo
  • I got an "it is unacceptable" from their CPO on 8/7, and that they are "working around the clock on it".

    https://x.com/mariorod1/status/2085800861469495465

    I really think something deeper is going wrong there, and they're not being honest with their paying customers (and enterprises) about it.

    by qrush
  • non-helpful answer: the "Microsoft Acquires GitHub" line in this graph answers all questions https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
    by herpdyderp
  • Github used to be built on mysql / redis / ruby on rails / C / shell, running on dedicated hardware. Microsoft left it like that after they acquired the company.

    Eventually, though, they decided to migrate the whole thing to Azure. And they were far enough through that to be basically committed... when AI coding started hitting them with much higher workloads.

    I personally think the reliability problems are more to do with the reliability of the Azure migration. But both factors are likely relevant.

    by andyjohnson0
  • Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating. The site is struggling to keep up. Github's COO confirms it here: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878

    Platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. As of three months ago, it was 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.)

    20% of all GitHub accounts were created in the past 6 months https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2082604368399159542

    by tristanj

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