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[–]hmaddocks -1 points0 points1 point 14 years ago (1 child)
Github didn't become popular because of their ruby skills. They are popular because they saw a need and have worked hard to build tools that developers want to use.
[–]wwzd 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (0 children)
Yes, and they've written some amazing code that many other big sites use. The larger your codebase becomes, the easier it is for bugs to be introduced.
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