HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'

Mitchell Hashimoto — a hugely respected software founder and one of GitHub’s earliest users — just delivered the kind of breakup post that makes the whole internet lean in. He said the site he once adored is now "no longer a place for serious work" because repeated outages keep stopping him from doing basic tasks on his project Ghostty. Translation for non-programmers: the digital workshop keeps locking its own doors, and he’s had enough. He’s moving the project elsewhere, while leaving a read-only copy behind like the ultimate "it’s complicated" relationship status.

But the real fireworks came from the crowd. One frustrated commenter practically screamed that GitHub’s stability is falling apart right as companies are moving everything onto it, calling the timing infuriating. Another piled on with a spicy side-eye at rival GitLab, saying it’s not much better and accusing it of polishing the furniture while the house is on fire. That sparked the big debate: is GitHub actually crumbling, or is this mostly a power-user meltdown? One skeptical voice said they feel totally out of the loop because for them, GitHub still "pretty much" works fine.

And then there was the gossip-energy question hanging over the whole thread: if Ghostty is leaving, who’s next? Nobody thinks every developer and their nan will flee by next Wednesday to run their own servers, but the mood has clearly shifted from blind loyalty to nervous window-shopping. In other words: one famous exit has turned routine complaints into full-on platform trust drama.