There are a lot of legitimate reasons to have a public github/gitlab/whatever account that is not self hosted.
replyCare to list some?
replyOne of the biggest for me would be sharing the repo/working together without exposing my server/NAS to the public.
replyThere exist free plans of cloud-hosted Git repos for small teams.
replyIf you need to share, you can simply rent a $3 host from Hetzner and handle it extremely privately.
replyThere’s a reason why private and public repo exists.
replyit's 2026. surely you're aware of ci/cd? static page hosting? package hosting? the many other services that github offers beyond hosted git?
replyI am using my own Git system with encrypted cloud sync and host over 30 web apps with this system. Many static websites, too. Never needed to use git in my life, except for a few cringy company projects that I was forced to be involved in.
replycool man
reply> I still don't understand why people are using GitHub for their vibecoded projects.
replyFor all the same reasons they used it pre-LLM for hand-written toy projects.
To post on linkedin and to brag about all your projects and active github account when applying to jobs.
replyYou think people that vibe code have a NAS?
replyYes there is very likely a large overlap
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