Their first project looks nice[1]. Hopefully, they'll do similar things in the future.
That list of staff does worry me, though. All of their Twitter streams are filled with counterproductive outrage. To give one example that's related to HN: After Y Combinator posted about diversity[2], @_danilo misconstrued Sam Altman's words to a cynical caricature[3]. Later, @_danilo got in a flamewar with Sam Altman[4].
It'll be great if GitHub can get these people to spend less time being angry and more time working toward productive ends.
My impression of [4] is that it amounts to a protection racket scheme: "Your business is racist and sexist! I will continue to denounce it until you hire me." Of course, a lot of consultants will approach companies with a "your business sucks but I can fix it" routine but the difference here is the implicit threat to go on giving the company negative publicity if it didn't pay.
That list of staff does worry me, though. All of their Twitter streams are filled with counterproductive outrage. To give one example that's related to HN: After Y Combinator posted about diversity[2], @_danilo misconstrued Sam Altman's words to a cynical caricature[3]. Later, @_danilo got in a flamewar with Sam Altman[4].
It'll be great if GitHub can get these people to spend less time being angry and more time working toward productive ends.
1. https://github.com/blog/2037-github-is-a-proud-connecthome-p...
2. http://blog.ycombinator.com/diversity-and-startups
3. https://twitter.com/_danilo/status/492764323874222081
4. https://twitter.com/_danilo/status/492840606054363136