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

3 points by bitbasher 7mo ago ↗ HN

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?

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uberman 7mo 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.