I don’t understand why any of this would take submarine money to build. GitHub itself certainly wasn’t built with submarine money.

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cmrdporcupine 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It doesn't need a lot of money, but it needs some absolutely gifted UX designers.

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rirze 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This, seriously.

The backend could be git on an SSH server, but if you have a slick design and 100% operational uptime-- you'll capture 80% of the developers using Github currently.

	▲	LinuxAmbulance 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think that's incredibly optimistic to the point of unrealism. Github, outages and all, is a known commodity with a reputation they can make money off of. Any replacement would have to offer not just compelling feature improvements and uptime, but to have a history long enough to make it trustworthy to migrate to. And uptime? Easy when you have a small number of customers. Much, much more difficult at a million+ customers (although Microsoft has really dropped the ball).