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The Problem with GitHub Pages

5 points| jathu | 10 years ago |blog.jathu.me | reply

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[+] enginnr|10 years ago|reply
> I understand Pages has nothing to do with source control

Slightly disagree. What I always loved about pages is every commit is on record and auditable by the public. This makes coders accountable for their actions if they introduce malicious code to their users. Take for example:

`something.js` being served from RawGit (https://rawgit.com/). In all likelihood the asset can be trusted because we can inspect the repo where the asset resides and audit it.

The same cannot be said for private GH accounts, because it's impossible to view the source. People actually pay Github money to conceal their source code. Gasp

[+] minimaxir|10 years ago|reply
Wait, do people typically use slugs with uppercase letters in "the real world?"

In the example given, using an uppercase P doesn't even make sense from an aesthetic standpoint.

[+] jathu|10 years ago|reply
Yes.

One of my projects on GitHub is "UIImageColors", so if I were to create a gh-pages for it, the link would be jathu.me/UIImageColors.