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Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by esafak on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @02:35PM (#49350418)
How long term are we talking here? Github was acquired in 2018...
Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by chris_money202 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:25PM (#49351247)
I think GH/Microsoft got caught by surprise to the huge usage number increase as a result of LLMs. Microsoft started rolling all of its DCs to OpenAI around 2019-2020 to begin LLM training, then we saw a huge GH increase in late 2024 and Azure was just out of capacity for infinite GH scale.
Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative by esafak on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @03:39PM (#49351461)
I guess we should all do our part to alleviate poor Microsoft's burden by migrating to better services.