<![CDATA[The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary".]]>The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". I originally started writing it after the Zig to Codeberg move. It's just a retelling of how I remember OpenSource pre GitHub and what it gave us. https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/28/before-github/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5faea741-faec-4e4c-8c08-ab23982af741/the-post-by-@mitchellh-gave-me-the-final-push-to-finish-my-github-obituary-.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:48:46 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2026 21:16:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:55:26 GMT]]>@scollovati @mitsuhiko @swheritage I too opened the reply thread to mention https://www.softwareheritage.org/ and not only found it had already been mentioned multiple times, but also that the project had a Mastodon account 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ancoghlan/statuses/116487626858474231https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ancoghlan/statuses/116487626858474231Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:55:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:25 GMT]]>Regarding archival, @mitsuhiko@hachyderm.io, check @swheritage@mstdn.social out!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awkward.place/objects/6ffb70d6-b679-410a-be6e-ca60cc5be9dbhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://awkward.place/objects/6ffb70d6-b679-410a-be6e-ca60cc5be9dbWed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:33:01 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko
"We Need an Archive

As much as I like the idea of things fading out of existence, we absolutely need libraries and archives.

Regardless of whether GitHub is here to stay or projects find new homes, what I would like to see is some public, boring, well-funded archive for Open Source software. Something with the power of an endowment or public funding to keep it afloat."

Well, I guess @swheritage is that archive.

@mitchellh

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://universites.social/users/fresseng/statuses/116486830903449759https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://universites.social/users/fresseng/statuses/116486830903449759Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:33:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:28:20 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko Thanks for writing, it was a good read!

> I definitely cringed when Zig moved to Codeberg!

Why though? If anything Codeberg’s legal structure (being a non-profit) and vision makes it a lot more aligned with the objectives of free and open source projects than GitHub in the long run (which has always been the case but it’s just abundantly clearer today).

I think “for-profit corporations providing high quality public services for free” was a ZIRP and never sustainable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/boramalper/statuses/116486812519984814https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/boramalper/statuses/116486812519984814Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:40:23 GMT]]>@olasd @mitsuhiko @mitchellh @swheritage Such a nice feeling to see my projects already archived with you. I never knew. Thank you!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116486623936359971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116486623936359971Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:40:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:11:46 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko @mitchellh after reading your blogpost I wanted to suggest to have a look at @swheritage. great that @olasd already mentioned it. It's a great project and you can easily archive repos.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/scollovati/statuses/116486511424883948https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/scollovati/statuses/116486511424883948Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:11:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:45:40 GMT]]>@graves501 @mitchellh I sometimes go! I'm not the most meetup seeking person though 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mitsuhiko/statuses/116486408825765308https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mitsuhiko/statuses/116486408825765308Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:45:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:38:27 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko I'm enjoying pi.dev! Good stuff.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://a2mi.social/users/samfirke/statuses/116485672656200484https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://a2mi.social/users/samfirke/statuses/116485672656200484Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:38:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:58:07 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko good food for thought. Also I think I will try out Pi, looks great!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://a2mi.social/users/samfirke/statuses/116485278108979575https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://a2mi.social/users/samfirke/statuses/116485278108979575Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:58:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:44:37 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko @mitchellh Thanks for still posting on Mastodon, even though you barely use Mastodon as a platform anymore. Do you happen to go to meetups in Vienna these days? The people at Sentry are pretty chill, but I know you're not working there anymore 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/graves501/statuses/116484753187703310https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/graves501/statuses/116484753187703310Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:44:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:31:57 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko @mitchellh

Huh! Sourceforge....Freashmeat....ibiblio was good enough for us ....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/unixbhaskar/statuses/116484703327958518https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/unixbhaskar/statuses/116484703327958518Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:31:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:46:51 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko @mitchellh I think there is the software heritage project that is kind of the archive you're longing for

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/nicoe/statuses/116484526026939442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/nicoe/statuses/116484526026939442Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:46:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:27:02 GMT]]>@olasd @mitchellh @swheritage this is lovely!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mitsuhiko/statuses/116484448096090599https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mitsuhiko/statuses/116484448096090599Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:27:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The post by @mitchellh gave me the final push to finish my GitHub "obituary". on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:20:36 GMT]]>@mitsuhiko @mitchellh hi! I've got some good news about your last paragraph: "some public, boring, well-funded archive for Open Source software." is something we've been building over the past 10 years at Software Heritage : https://www.softwareheritage.org/

@swheritage

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.opportunis.me/users/olasd/statuses/116484422772712455https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.opportunis.me/users/olasd/statuses/116484422772712455Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:20:36 GMT