🔗 Before GitHub

GitHub was not the first home for Open Source software; SourceForge was. Before it, Armin Ronacher had his own Trac installation with Subversion repositories, tickets, and documentation. GitHub became essential, shaping a significant part of his Open Source identity and fostering countless professional relationships.

However, he expresses disappointment in GitHub's current trajectory and laments the loss of community presence that defined the platform. He recalls a time when dependencies had depth and context, contrasting the current scenario where micro-dependencies proliferate with less regard for the maintainers behind them. The article warns about GitHub's decline and the implications for the Open Source community, urging for a structured archiving solution to preserve essential projects and their histories.