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  <title>Why I gave up GitHub: A personal retrospective</title>
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      <name>Thomas A. Christensen II</name>
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       Your personal journey to quitting GitHub resources is a story of disillusionment and rededication. As a Christian American chemical engineer-turned-bioinformatician, I had always been fascinated by the intersection of technology and faith.
Growing up in a conservative family with Libertarian leanings, I was taught to value individual freedom and limited government intervention. But as I delved deeper into my work in bioinformatics, I began to see the darker side of GitHub’s business model. The platform’s emphasis on open-source and community-driven development seemed at odds with my own values of intellectual property and personal autonomy.

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    &lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your personal journey to quitting GitHub resources is a story of disillusionment&#xA;and rededication. As a Christian American chemical&#xA;engineer-turned-bioinformatician, I had always been fascinated by the&#xA;intersection of technology and faith.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Growing up in a conservative family with Libertarian leanings, I was taught to&#xA;value individual freedom and limited government intervention. But as I delved&#xA;deeper into my work in bioinformatics, I began to see the darker side of&#xA;GitHub&amp;rsquo;s business model. The platform&amp;rsquo;s emphasis on open-source and&#xA;community-driven development seemed at odds with my own values of intellectual&#xA;property and personal autonomy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One day, while working on a project, I stumbled upon an article about the&#xA;growing pains of GitHub&amp;rsquo;s dominance in the tech industry. It highlighted the&#xA;tension between the need for collaboration and the perils of unchecked corporate&#xA;power. Something clicked inside me, and I realized that I couldn&amp;rsquo;t remain silent&#xA;anymore. I began to question whether my use of GitHub was truly aligning with my&#xA;values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a Christian, I had always believed in the importance of living a life of&#xA;integrity and authenticity. But the more I learned about GitHub&amp;rsquo;s practices, the&#xA;more I felt like I was compromising on those principles. The platform&amp;rsquo;s reliance&#xA;on open-source code seemed to prioritize the interests of corporations over&#xA;those of individuals. It was a hard pill to swallow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I made the decision to take a stand. I began to explore alternative&#xA;platforms and tools for my work, seeking out options that better aligned with my&#xA;values. It wasn&amp;rsquo;t easy – it meant relearning new skills, investing time and&#xA;effort into building new relationships within the developer community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as I dug deeper, I realized that quitting GitHub wasn&amp;rsquo;t just about&#xA;technology – it was about re-examining my own motivations and priorities. Why&#xA;had I joined GitHub in the first place? What did I hope to achieve through my&#xA;work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, it was never truly about the technology itself, but about the community&#xA;and the sense of purpose that came with working on projects that mattered. As a&#xA;filmmaker at heart, I had always been drawn to stories that explored complex&#xA;issues and promoted empathy and understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quitting GitHub wasn&amp;rsquo;t an easy decision, but it was one that ultimately freed me&#xA;from feeling like I was compromising my values. It forced me to confront the&#xA;tension between my desires for connection and collaboration, and the need for&#xA;personal autonomy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, I work on a range of projects using alternative platforms and tools. It&amp;rsquo;s&#xA;not always easy – sometimes I miss the convenience and community of GitHub – but&#xA;it&amp;rsquo;s worth it to know that I&amp;rsquo;m living more authentically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the biggest challenges has been building new relationships within the&#xA;developer community. In the past, I relied heavily on GitHub for collaboration&#xA;and networking opportunities. But by leaving, I&amp;rsquo;ve had to start from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s taken time and effort to rebuild those connections, but it&amp;rsquo;s worth it.&#xA;Today, I&amp;rsquo;m part of a vibrant network of developers who share my values and&#xA;priorities. We work together on projects that truly matter – issues like data&#xA;privacy, intellectual property, and accessibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quitting GitHub wasn&amp;rsquo;t just about technology – it was about reclaiming my own&#xA;integrity and living out my values in a more meaningful way. It&amp;rsquo;s been a journey&#xA;of self-discovery, growth, and transformation. And I&amp;rsquo;m grateful for every step&#xA;along the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you&amp;rsquo;re like me and struggling with the tension between your personal&#xA;values and your work choices, I want to encourage you to take a step back and&#xA;re-examine your own motivations. What are you working towards? Why is it truly&#xA;important to you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take the time to reflect on those questions, and consider whether your current&#xA;tools and platforms align with your values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, it&amp;rsquo;s never too late to make a change. And sometimes, the&#xA;biggest changes come from taking small steps outside of our comfort zones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I&amp;rsquo;ll leave you with this: if you&amp;rsquo;re ready to take control of your own&#xA;journey and reclaim your integrity, start by taking a single step. It might be&#xA;as simple as switching to an alternative platform or tool. Or it could mean&#xA;having a difficult conversation with a colleague or manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever that step is, know that it&amp;rsquo;s worth it. You&amp;rsquo;ll be surprised at how&#xA;empowering it feels to take ownership of your own choices and priorities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you&amp;rsquo;re feeling lost or uncertain, remember that you&amp;rsquo;re not alone. There&#xA;are many people out there who share your values and aspirations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s build a community together – one where we prioritize empathy,&#xA;understanding, and authenticity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s my story – a tale of disillusionment, rededication, and the power of&#xA;taking control of our own choices. I hope it inspires you to take a step in the&#xA;right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a filmmaker at heart, I believe that stories have the power to shape us and&#xA;inspire change. And I&amp;rsquo;m grateful to be part of this community – working together&#xA;towards a brighter future where technology serves humanity, not just corporate&#xA;interests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ll get there – one small step at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;
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