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Does anyone have a source for this news beyond the TNW article that's being shared everywhere? I couldn't find any official announcement from GitHub.

matthewjhughes 8y ago
I'm the author of this post. The article has been updated to clarify that I accidentally published it one day before the embargo lifted. GitHub will formally announce the news tomorrow.
- duncanawoods 8y ago
  Confusingly it is also dated on the 5th making it look like it should have been announced yesterday...
  - matthewjhughes 8y ago
    Yeah, I know. For some reason, when you put a past date in Wordpress and press "schedule," it publishes the article automatically. That's all this was -- a typo.
    - LyndsySimon 8y ago
      That's really unfortunate :( I'd be interested to see if you do a post-mortem on this - what the consequences were, and what steps you end up taking to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
      - SomeHacker44 8y ago
        The upshot may well be that this gentleman and/or this publication no longer receives embargoed information anymore, at least for a time.
        LyndsySimon 8y ago
        I don't know if that's an "upshot", but I'd be interested to know if that happens. One way to help ensure that it doesn't happen is to take steps to prevent it and post a post-mortem explaining both what caused it to happen and why it won't in the future.
- niij 8y ago
  I would've deleted it as soon as you noticed. Might not have stopped people from noticing (nothing on the internet is ever deleted blah blah), but might have improved the optics a bit.
  - godot 8y ago
    I am also curious why he didn't remove the post as soon as he noticed? Does TNW have policies regarding published stories not being removed?
- zuck9 8y ago
  GitHub should publish the post today after noticing this and remove the embargo for other publications.
- codazoda 8y ago
  The news is now public. https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/ https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/
budhajeewa 8y ago
Too bad HN doesn't allow following users. :-D

matthewjhughes 8y ago

I'm the author of this post. The article has been updated to clarify that I accidentally published it one day before the embargo lifted. GitHub will formally announce the news tomorrow.

duncanawoods 8y ago
Confusingly it is also dated on the 5th making it look like it should have been announced yesterday...
- matthewjhughes 8y ago
  Yeah, I know. For some reason, when you put a past date in Wordpress and press "schedule," it publishes the article automatically. That's all this was -- a typo.
  - LyndsySimon 8y ago
    That's really unfortunate :( I'd be interested to see if you do a post-mortem on this - what the consequences were, and what steps you end up taking to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
    - SomeHacker44 8y ago
      The upshot may well be that this gentleman and/or this publication no longer receives embargoed information anymore, at least for a time.
      - LyndsySimon 8y ago
        I don't know if that's an "upshot", but I'd be interested to know if that happens. One way to help ensure that it doesn't happen is to take steps to prevent it and post a post-mortem explaining both what caused it to happen and why it won't in the future.
niij 8y ago
I would've deleted it as soon as you noticed. Might not have stopped people from noticing (nothing on the internet is ever deleted blah blah), but might have improved the optics a bit.
- godot 8y ago
  I am also curious why he didn't remove the post as soon as he noticed? Does TNW have policies regarding published stories not being removed?
zuck9 8y ago
GitHub should publish the post today after noticing this and remove the embargo for other publications.
codazoda 8y ago
The news is now public. https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/ https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

budhajeewa 8y ago

Too bad HN doesn't allow following users. :-D