Because Microsoft bought them.

Right after Microsoft bought them, github got better, and started implementing long-requested features. (The open letter "dear github" or whatever was that was posted right before the takeover.)

This is something more recent.

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arp242 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, remember how copying anything from the code view would also copy the line numbers? It was a relatively small CSS fix, but took years!

I never quite understood why this didn't get fixed before by the way, because it really wasn't that hard. Usually when $big_corp takes over $small_outfit things get worse instead of better, due to overbearing $big_corp policy, culture clashes, leadership not really understanding what they bought, and things like that.

Whatever else can be said about Microsoft: in the year or two after they took over GitHub lots of things – small and large – got fixed or improved.

	▲	karel-3d 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Same thing about npm, btw. Both the node service and the website

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blibble 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

big companies don't do anything fast

it's a car crash in extremely slow motion