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"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software
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this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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I kinda got bored halfway through. From what I gather they're salty that GitHub is switching to react? If that's the issue then the headline is rather misleading isn't it?
Surely legacy software is one that drifts into obscurity through lack of investment which is the polar opposite of GitHub rewriting their entire front end..
there's your tl;dr
Nah. They're salty that only the visible sourcecode is searchable. Which is a bug, imo.
No, that is not the point at all. React is just an incidental detail she considered while trying to figure out what was going on.
It's not an incidental detail when the text is almost entirely around the issue caused by this (mis-)use of react. The author doesn't give another argument to support their view.
There seems to be a rando paragraph about AI as well,then it trails off that they're looking for recommendations for git blame clients. I couldn't really figure out how it was all GitHub's fault or where the word legacy fits in.
The thing is a new feature - AI-related in this case - contradicts the idea of legacy software to me, so I really don't know what was the point of that other than "complaining about github".
OP also felt the need to refer to the platform as Microsoft GitHub. So it seems likely this is all just grumbling about evil corp making changes
There's a difference between the author being mad that github is switching to react and the author being mad that github is misusing react. It is possible to use react without breaking browsers find in page functionality, which is ultimately what the author is frustrated about.
Exactly. The complaint is that a basic feature no longer works as expected.
Crappy old websites that don't behave properly with my browsers search function sound like legacy though. I agree the headline is worded a little strangely but I can see their point.
But their issue isn't the old website. They're complaining about the new version?
Yes, but they said it reminds them of crappy old ones.
That's another issue though. Will it get better or more bloaty webapp, like modern reddit vs. old.reddit?