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I first learned of GitHub having problems from a story on Hacker News. Since SoylentNews hosts its code there, I was curious as to what was going on. If it was indeed down, I wanted to pass the word on to the rest of the SoylentNews community.
The comments on that story suggested that GitHub read access was working okay (and a very quick check on my part of our code there confirmed that), but attempts to make changes are failing.
That's strange.
Then I took a look at GitHub's Status Page, where I found something even stranger... how they phrased their status messages! Take a look:
22:42 Eastern Standard Time
We continue to repair a data storage system for GitHub.com. You may see inconsistent results during this process.
22:23 Eastern Standard Time
We are continuing to repair a data storage system for GitHub.com. You may see inconsistent results during this process.
22:01 Eastern Standard Time
We continue work to repair a data storage system for GitHub.com. You may see inconsistent results during this process.
21:41 Eastern Standard Time
We are continuing to work to migrate a data storage system in order to restore access to GitHub.com.
21:22 Eastern Standard Time
We continue to work to migrate a data storage system in order to restore access to GitHub.com.
21:02 Eastern Standard Time
We continue to migrate a data storage system in order to restore full access to GitHub.com.
20:43 Eastern Standard Time
We continue to work on migrating a data storage system in order to restore access to GitHub.com.
20:23 Eastern Standard Time
We're continuing to work on migrating a data storage system in order to restore access to GitHub.com.
20:05 Eastern Standard Time
We're failing over a data storage system in order to restore access to GitHub.com.
19:43 Eastern Standard Time
We're investigating problems accessing GitHub.com.
19:13 Eastern Standard Time
We are investigating reports of service unavailability.
19:09 Eastern Standard Time
Seems to me someone on GitHub once spent a little too much time exploring mazes in Colossal Cave. Will they be able to fix the problem before they run out of permutations?
(Score: 3, Funny) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday October 22 2018, @05:01AM (7 children)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @05:14AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pf89InxwXo [youtube.com]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday October 22 2018, @10:32AM (5 children)
Github having problems is a horrible thing. I was all dragging ass when I woke up this morning but eagerly desiring to starting a coding push on the huge mess of perl that is rehash. Then I read this and was greatly saddened. Now I'll have to spend the morning drinking coffee and watching my fishing poles at the lake.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 22 2018, @06:45PM (2 children)
We use github classroom, and many of my fellow students were freaking out because project submissions were due 12:30 today.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Monday October 22 2018, @09:08PM (1 child)
Do like Buzzy...don' worry, just go fishing.
"It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince them that they have been fooled" Mark Twain
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 23 2018, @01:35AM
I know, right? I mean anything that isn't finished today is still going to be not finished tomorrow and anything that's broken today will likely still be broken tomorrow. No point in worrying over not getting to work on it today.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday October 23 2018, @06:39AM (1 child)
I've embarked on a project to determine the correct ratio of grounds to water to suit my taste. The quantities I used before this particular pot were rather too strong.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday October 23 2018, @01:40PM
I generally go with half a cup of grounds to twelve cups of water for standard ole drip coffee and play it by ear for espresso-based beverages but your mileage may vary.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.