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Re:Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why? by thevinter on Monday August 17, 2026 @11:46AM (#49332922)
What revenue do AI-boosted commits provide? Am I missing something?
Re:Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why? by bluerooibos on Monday August 17, 2026 @12:36PM (#49333805)
You're missing the fact that Microsoft reported over $331 billion in total revenue and an operating income exceeding $155 billion - this is a fixable problem.

If they're really that cash-strapped at GitHub, then are they planning to just continue allowing this to happen and drown, or fix the issues? This has been ongoing for over a year.

Re:Ask HN: GitHub employees what's going on? Why? by rurban on Monday August 17, 2026 @01:27PM (#49334581)
So why did all the Azure and Github engineers leave then? There's only management and outsourced cheap labor there, and management has no idea. Cheap labor even less