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Re:GitHub Codespaces by ablekh on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:07PM (#23098043)
I think that you are wrong on VS Code Remote not being open source. Here is the relevant repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release. Corresponding official documentation (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview) states that Visual Studio Codespaces is essentially a managed service of Visual Studio Code Remote Development. BTW, there is also an interesting alternative, the `code-server` project (https://github.com/cdr/code-server).

P.S. FYI: The TLS certificate on https://gitsense.com has expired.

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Re:GitHub Codespaces by jedieaston on Thursday May 07, 2020 @12:11AM (#23099649)
That repo doesn’t have any code in it, it’s used purely for issue tracking and syncing with the VS extension repo, I believe.
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Re:GitHub Codespaces by ablekh on Thursday May 07, 2020 @02:47AM (#23100376)
My bad. Apparently, you're correct. It seems that relevant code is a part of VS Code codebase. Perhaps, this is it (though, I very well might be wrong on this, too): https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/master/src/vs/workb....
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Re:GitHub Codespaces by sdesol on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:18PM (#23098132)
I vaguely remember a post a while back (maybe a year ago) where they said they can't make a part of their remote technology open-source. Maybe things have changed, but I was quite sure it was something they were keeping close to them.

Also thanks for pointing out the certificate issue. I was actually leaving it that way on purpose, but I guess it can reflect poorly on my product, so I should just update the landing page with something non-descriptive.

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Re:GitHub Codespaces by ablekh on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:54PM (#23098405)
Perhaps, you're right (or maybe not :-). Frankly, all this stuff, while interesting and eventually useful, is a bit low on my current priority list ... Re: certificate - You're welcome.
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