{"id":22130,"date":"2017-09-27T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T12:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcadsoftware.com\/?p=22130"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:57:30","slug":"github-how-developers-got-to-run-the-world-sic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/news-events\/blog\/github-how-developers-got-to-run-the-world-sic\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub:  How Developers Got to Run the World (sic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1200px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 15px;\">by <a href=\".\/#about-the-author\">Olenka Van Schendel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" id=\"blog-content\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    function setInnerLinks(containerID, elementClass){\n        jQuery(\"#blog-content .fusion-layout-column:first-child .fusion-column-wrapper\").prepend(\"<div class='summary'><\/div>\");\n        jQuery(\".summary\").append(\"<ol id='\" + containerID + \"_links'><\/ol>\");\n        var count = 0;\n        jQuery('#' + containerID + ' ' + elementClass).each(function() {\n            jQuery(this).attr('id',('' + elementClass + '_' + (++count)));\n            var titleText = jQuery(this).text();\n            jQuery('#' + containerID + '_links').append(\"<li><a href='#\" + elementClass + '_' + count + \"'>\"+ titleText.substr(3, titleText.length) +\"<\/a><\/li>\");\n            jQuery('#' + containerID + '_links li a').last().click(function(e){\n                e.preventDefault();\n                var link = jQuery(this);\n                jQuery('html,body').animate({ scrollTop: jQuery(jQuery(link).attr(\"href\")).offset().top }, (count * 200));\n            });\n        });\n        jQuery('.summary').prepend(\"<h2 style='padding-left: 25px;'>Summary<\/h2>\");\n    };\n\n    jQuery(document).ready(function(){\n        setInnerLinks('blog-content', 'h2');\n    });\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:25px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Of the world\u2019s most visited websites&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexa.com\/siteinfo\/github.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this month<\/a>, GitHub rates 59 and climbing.&nbsp; Not bad considering that GitHub\u2019s appeal is limited to software developers whereas the other popular sites like Google and Amazon have a planetary audience.&nbsp; Is software becoming as important as the written word?<\/p>\n<p>Probably not, but with the power of open source and a distributed software hub there are ways to shape and improve our world far more quickly than before.&nbsp; GitHub is home to 24M developers and is THE place developers go when they need something.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:90px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\">1. Remote coding for a remote workforce<\/h2>\n<p>Anyone who recalls the bad old days of centralized version control will remember that updating sources from any place away from the source control server was problematic.  On a plane or somewhere else without internet access, unless you had planned ahead and acquired an offline version of code you wouldn\u2019t be able to work at all.   And even if you did, you would struggle to merge back your updates when you did reconnect.<\/p>\n<p>Git changed all that.  Designed by Linus Torvalds as a better way to build Linux, Git decentralized the management of source code making collaboration a distributed affair.  GitHub seized the opportunity, building a website over Git to encourage you to freely develop anywhere and sync back easily.  So thanks to Git and a very smooth collaboration interface of their own, GitHub overtook the other giants in the market like SourceForge and Google Code, becoming the global answer to remote coding in a distributed world.<\/p>\n<p>Even Microsoft the \u00ab b\u00eate noire \u00bb of the open source world has turned to GitHub to host their most important open source projects.<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\">2. Open source<\/h2>\n<p>Gone are the days of squirreling away your brilliant source code in case someone steals your bright idea.  The world\u2019s most successful companies have understood that it is better to multiply forces and have thousands of other developers sharing and improving the quality of their code.  And with the advent of GitHub and \u00ab social coding \u00bb, developers see that something much greater than the value of their code is their own reputation in the community.<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\">3. Public vs. Private<\/h2>\n<p>But the value of Git and GitHub isn\u2019t restricted to the open source community.  It\u2019s perfectly possible to have a private repository and only share parts of your source code.  Or even keep all your source code private to your enterprise.   Companies like Google and Microsoft do both and move code back and forth.<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\">4. Is Git more complicated than other tools?<\/h2>\n<p>If there is one shadow still lingering over Git, it is the mistaken perception that it is more complicated than other source code management tools like SVN. This impression has slowed the uptake of Git in some traditional programming environments who sometimes see Git as a leap into the unknown.<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\">5. Is there any truth in the rumour?<\/h2>\n<p>A typical Git workflow has a two-step commit, giving it extra power and a peer review.  So you do have more commands in a typical Git workflow when compared to SVN.<\/p>\n<p>Typical SVN workflow :  Update, do work, Commit<br \/>\nTypical Git workflow :  Pull, do work, Add (to staging area), Commit, Push<\/p>\n<p>(But if you don\u2019t need this feature, you can reduce this to one-step by combining the commands into a Git \u00ab commit -a \u00bb.  That leaves you with only one command more in Git.).<\/p>\n<p>Also some SVN users are reluctant to move over to Git because of a &#8220;fear of branching&#8221;.  Though branching in SVN has improved since its early days, it is still harder to use than branching in Git.  (Early SVN users tended to commit back to the trunk just to avoid the pain of a merge conflict).<\/p>\n<p>Git is very good at branching and merging, and very fast with it.  Unlike other tools, branching is a fundamental concept in Git not just a bolt-on.  So it\u2019s usually easy to resolve a merge conflict, and if not, you can very easily back out and try another merge strategy.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Git remembers everything you do for 30 days or so.  Nothing is deleted, so if you accidentally delete a branch, just find the hash and point back to it.<\/p>\n<p>If you make a mistake and commit several times to the wrong branch, you can easily point back the old branch and re-commit onto a new one.  It\u2019s all made easy.<\/p>\n<p>Consider also the smooth interface layer that GitHub brings to Git.  GitHub makes it easy to store your Git projects, work with teammates, track issues, and keep things organized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Still not convinced?  We\u2019d like to hear your opinion!<br \/>\nEmail us at:  <a href=\"mailto:info@arcadsoftware.com\">info@arcadsoftware.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"about-the-author\" class=\"fusion-container-anchor\"><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-margin-top:45px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1200px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:25px;--awb-padding-right:25px;--awb-padding-bottom:25px;--awb-padding-left:25px;--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color1);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-box-shadow:2px 1px 4px 0px rgba(33,41,52,0.41);;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:20%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:calc( 0 * calc( 100% - 0px ) );--awb-margin-bottom-large:5px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:20%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:calc( 0 * calc( 100% - 0px ) );--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:20%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:calc( 0 * calc( 100% - 0px ) );--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-max-width:130px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:50px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Olenka Van schendel\" title=\"olenka-van-schendel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/olenka-van-schendel.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-75388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/olenka-van-schendel-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.arcadsoftware.com\/arcad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/olenka-van-schendel.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-flex-start\" style=\"--awb-padding-left:5px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:80%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:80%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:rgba(48,135,120,0.59);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:7px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-font-size:13px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:13;--minFontSize:13;line-height:1.2;\">About the Author<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:600;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.3;\">Olenka Van Schendel<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.36;\">VP Marketing &amp; Business Development, Arcad Software<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:14px;--awb-line-height:1.4;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Poppins&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>With over 30 years in IT, Olenka started out in the Artificial Intelligence domain and natural language processing, working as software engineer developing principally on Unix. She soon specialized in the development of integrated software tooling including compilers, debuggers, source code management systems, and development environments. Now focused on Business Development worldwide in the ARCAD Software group, she remains deeply engaged in DevSecOps tooling, seeking to bridge the gap between the IBM i and mainframe world and modern developer stacks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the world\u2019s most visited websites this month, GitHub rates 59 and climbing.  Not bad considering that GitHub\u2019s appeal is limited to software developers whereas the other popular sites like Google and Amazon have a planetary audience.  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