• pachrist@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The problem with github isn’t really a problem. It’s just accessible enough to borderline tech people who want a one click solution to a problem. They can find it, but using it requires more skill than they have. It’s a code repository, not an app store. The most useful things I find on github aren’t from some massive app developer, they’re from some guy who happened to have the same problem as me. Rather than screaming at that guy for an executable, level up. Learn something.

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      9 months ago

      I mean I code extensively and it still pisses me off they kind of don’t make the “download zip” more prominent or explain to noobs that this isn’t compiled/ plug n play…nor are most of the apps for Windows users, really.

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        9 months ago

        This isn’t the job of a Git repository nor is it for GitHub, this is an issue for developers which shouldn’t use it as their main download way.

        The download zip is not meant for the average person and frankly useless for most projects. I don’t know why you expect a Git repository to explain to you that bare code isn’t compiled or plug and play? How would GitHub know other than you informing them that the app isn’t for Windows?

        I don’t think you understand the concept of what Git and GitHub even are and their intentions.

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          There’s no qualification to be a developer to access github though, I think is what the person you responded to is saying. It’s entirely possible for a user to end up at github without a true understanding of its purpose. Therefore, it would be helpful if it was more clear to the average non-developer user that what they’re looking at is a code repository and is not meant for general consumption.

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      9 months ago

      GitHub adding releases was the real UX mistake.

      Anything outside of code repository stuff is outside their lane.

      Start a new startup or something to solve that problem. Too late now that it’s under Microsoft.

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          9 months ago

          Maybe I’m misunderstanding… but are you saying GitHub, the corporate entity acquired by Microsoft for 7.8 billion dollars 6 years ago, is a champion of the free and open software movement and that needs some rando on the Internet to stand up for it?

          People have lived through many cycles of Microsoft doing this shit. They don’t deserve defending.

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            Maybe I misunderstood your comment. I’m talking from the layman’s perspective looking for a stable build of whatever the software is.

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            Anything outside of code repository stuff is outside their lane

            " sounds like you’re talking about non-technical users when that was the context of the original comment. I understand what you mean now though, and I somewhat agree.