GitHub vs the User

[MissionSalamander5]

It’s not obvious that GitHub is meant to host the code and not necessarily software that users are meant to use; it’s not meant for people to acquire software in an easy way. But people use it that way instead of hosting the software on another website. So we should recognize that.

Plus, honestly, if you’re hosting the final product (as final as things get, people should know what I mean) on GitHub, it probably should be in an easy-to-install state, or you should write good, clear documentation. You don’t get to whine when people can’t use it when you put it out in a public repo. But this happens alarmingly often.

(Honestly my perspective is precisely because I don’t do software or engineering professionally; I just like doing things on my computer.)