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Re:GitHub Down Again? by AyanamiKaine on Sunday November 08, 2026 @05:20AM (#50411955)
Man, it happens more and more that I can’t work because nix can’t fetch something from git or my elixir build fails because it needs to fetch a release from GitHub.

Even if I change my CI to something else, all the dependencies depend on GitHub (Not like there exists a cheap/free alternative where nix packages could be hosted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Re:GitHub Down Again? by r_lee on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:46AM (#50412432)
I guess running a local cache would work, at least for nix