We don't have a labeled y-axis so their record usage could be a 5% increase for all they're showing us.
replyI think it doesn't need to be a large X% increase, just needs to hit some critical infra threshold where various services start failing and cascade. Weakest link and everything.
replyIt interestingly shows how a centralized system may just fail or become too flaky at unprecedented growth.
replyI suppose it's a bit too on the nose to point out that git is decentralized and itself doesn't really suffer from this, nor need it.
And yet GitHub has felt the most dead it ever did. Less quality contributions. Less feeling of community. All the open source projects are struggling.
replyThey dont have a service usage problem they have a slop problem. Ban the slop and the platform will thrive
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replyYeah if those graphs are even vaguely accurate there's really only one explanation: vibe coders pushing previously unimaginable amount of slop.
replyI would not be surprised if Github has to stop offering so many services for free.
> if those graphs are even vaguely accurate
replyThey aren't, of course. The Y axis is missing. GitHub didn't have 0 daily commits at the start of 2023.
https://handsondataviz.org/how-to-lie-with-charts.html#exagg...
No, but commits are growing 14x YoY: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878
replyNot even vibe coders, but autonomous agents/bots.
replyI‘ve noticed that some projects have „Claude“ as one of their top three contributors.
Claude code co-authors commits, that might account
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