Ask HN: GitHub vs. self-hosted forges – What's your first impression?

2•bitbasher•1h ago

When hiring or searching for open-source code, you often come across developers who host their projects exclusively on GitHub. Sometimes you may find individuals with a minimal social presence (no GitHub, LinkedIn, etc.) but who self-host their own forge, blog, or projects.

Does your impression of the person change at all? If so, how?

Comments

uberman•29m ago

If we are talking about two otherwise unknown but equally impressive candidates and one said "here is my portfolio on github/gitlab/bitbucket" and the other said "here is my portfolio on some random domain" I would hire the first. I would not likely even visit the second candidate's portfolio.

bitbasher•1m ago

Any specific rationale for it? Security concerns? Too much work to bother, etc?

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