Github is down :( (github.com)

A better link might be https://status.github.com/

I was in the middle of forking a ruby gem... I really hope it wasn't me that took it down! The second after it finished the site went down...

Haha typical timing, i've not touched GH in days, and right when i want to...

Ho hum. Some HN distraction time for me then!

EDIT: Youtube too? Checked on http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/youtube.com also

YouTube also appears down at the moment. Coincidental?

I'm considering using GitHub as the primary (or only) single sign-on for my new web service. Even with the occasional downtime, I still think it's a great choice for hacker-related web services. I'd rather take my service offline every few months than make people remember yet-another-password.

I'm learning to love git. How awesome is it to be able to continue committing, branching and all that locally even when the server goes down?

Always nice to know it's not just you.

Apparently it's due to DDOS:

"We are experiencing issues due to a DDOS attack, working hard to restore service"

Taken from https://status.github.com/