GitHub Is on the Struggle Bus Again
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GitHub Is on the Struggle Bus Again

GitHub is absorbing a tsunami of AI generated code, and the outages keep coming. I've never been more open to an agent native alternative.

Aug 17, 2026
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Github is on the struggle bus again. I feel bad for them - they're on the receiving end of an absolute tsunami of AI generated code. But at the same time I've never been more open to an alternative.

GitHub status page showing degraded performance across Pull Requests, Issues, Webhooks, and Actions on August 17, 2026
GitHub status page showing degraded performance across Pull Requests, Issues, Webhooks, and Actions on August 17, 2026

I am ready for the agent native competitors to seize this moment - I know Github's former CEO is working on one, but I can't sign up yet.


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