diff --git a/_posts/2019-12-04-please-stop-using-github.md b/_posts/2019-12-04-please-stop-using-github.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb87bc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2019-12-04-please-stop-using-github.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: Please Stop Using Github +tags: +- github +- ice +- activism +--- +I mentioned on [twitter] that I've stopped using Github because of their continued support of ICE. +To be clear, it's not just that ICE uses Github. It's that they think [supporting ICE is okay] because +ICE is responsible for things other than putting children in cages. Their statement misses the point +in so many ways, I have very little hope they'll ever see past their own justifications on this. + +So, no more Github. This has some very real impact for me - I've used github for a long time, I've used +its social media features and been a paid subscriber for years. Dropping github is annoying. But we +**must** stop supporting organizations that are in turn supporting fascism. I encourage anyone reading +this to follow my lead and give up on github. + +Good alternatives exist: [Gitlab] has a free tier very similar to Github's if you want a drop-in hosted replacement. +[gitea] is what I've opted for, because at this point I just feel *exhausted* by large, hosted solutions; it's a lovely, +community-driven open source project. It has a docker image that is very easy to set up, and it supports U2F/webauthn. +And of course, you can also just keep bare git repositories on a server and push to them with SSH, although that loses +all of the convenience and discoverability of a git solution with a web interface. + +[twitter]: https://twitter.com/annabunches/status/1202361836852654082 +[supporting ICE is okay]: https://github.blog/2019-10-09-github-and-us-government-developers/ +[gitlab]: https://about.gitlab.com/ +[gitea]: https://gitea.io/en-us/