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0 pointsshaki-dora7y ago0 comments

Github is certainly used by developers. But I bet 95%+ of views of repositories’ start pages are made by “consumers” of that code.

At least in my workflow, I visit dozens of those pages every week to, for example, choose between alternative libraries.

My own projects’ index pages are definitely a small percentage of the total. And for those views, I would still prefer this redesign that gives me a quick overview of what’s happening.

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dc_gregory7y ago

However, a lions share of the revenue for github will be from developers, rather than "consumers".

shaki-doraOP7y ago

The point was that developers themselves are often browsing repositories they do not own/contribute to.

swish_bob7y ago

And what is it those developers are doing?

Personally, I'm reading the README and/or looking at the contents of files. Plus looking at issues. Very rarely am I looking for the releases tab.

I'm amused that people are using the "I only do this every 6 months so I can't remember where it is" argument. If you only need the functionality every 6 months, perhaps not having it in your face every time you use it might be a good thing ...

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