Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why?
Pretty self explanatory. Could you folks shed some light on why these issues keep happening? I’ve noticed most posts and replies are just people coming to their own conclusions based on whatever published data. I think it would be helpful to get some actual, non-corporate/marketing information on the goings-on by those that actually see what’s happening on the inside. Thanks Can
Discussion Highlights (12 comments)
herpdyderp
non-helpful answer: the "Microsoft Acquires GitHub" line in this graph answers all questions https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/
delduca
AI + Microsoft = kabum
solfox
Many microsoft services are down/failing today, including sites hosted on Azure. I'm guessing it's a larger MS outage.
tristanj
Github is struggling because AI-boosted coding increased the number of commits 14x in the past year, and the pace is still accelerating. The site is struggling to keep up. Github's COO confirms it here: https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2040164759836778878 Platform activity is surging. There were 1 billion commits in 2025. As of three months ago, it was 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler: it won't.) 20% of all GitHub accounts were created in the past 6 months https://x.com/kdaigle/status/2082604368399159542
pluc
Microsoft. Azure. AI. Pick one!
toomuchtodo
GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45517173 - October 2025 (63 comments) HN Search: azure capacity - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Azure Capacity Crunch Extends into 2026 Amid Data Center Constraints - https://windowsforum.com/threads/azure-capacity-crunch-exten... - October 9th, 2025 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427779
zeafoamrun
So you're asking github employees to violate their NDA?
VCFundedGenYer
I think it's two things: - GitHub attempting (and seemingly failing) to move to Azure infrastucture for its website backend - AI generated code wrecking the site due to the volume of activities.
Alien1Being
GitHub is struggling because it is owned by Microsoft.
qrush
I got an "it is unacceptable" from their CPO on 8/7, and that they are "working around the clock on it". https://x.com/mariorod1/status/2085800861469495465 I really think something deeper is going wrong there, and they're not being honest with their paying customers (and enterprises) about it.
rep_movsd
If you are doing 1000 commits a day, whats the point of git? Does the AI ever look back at the shit trail it left behind? Diffs are no longer diffs, they look like largescale delete and rewrite
AregNoya
i guess its because of the new cursor platform