# Why GitHub Actually Won - Host: [blog.gitbutler.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.gitbutler.com/) - Saved: September 12, 2024 (2024-09-13T01:27:28Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3052562ae39c/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3052562ae39c.json ## What Jamie wrote Great article from one of the founders of GitHub. > I can boil it down to **exactly two reasons** that happened to resonate with each other at the perfect frequency. > > 1. GitHub started at the right time > 2. GitHub had good taste It is crazy how important timing is. The YouTube founders would say the same thing. YouTube wasn't the first site with video, but it was for sure at the right time. I like the expansion on good taste. > We cared about the developer experience and had the creativity to throw away assumptions about what it was supposed to be and build how we wanted to work. Everyone else tried to build what they thought they could sell to advertisers or CTOs. Focus on the experience. It matters for everyone, even developers. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT293: Weekly Thing 293 / WHOIS, Glowtime, Place](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/293/), Notable ## Saved the same week - [For Starters #33: Your First Pitch is This One Sentence](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a06fcf911ce5/) (forstarters.substack.com, September 12, 2024) - [Apple Watch Ultra 2 now available in black titanium - Apple](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b85a373ffcb6/) (apple.com, September 12, 2024) - [Boomer Apple – Stratechery by Ben Thompson](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dc6874a1b30e/) (stratechery.com, September 12, 2024) - [Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/868dad977cd2/) (futurism.com, September 12, 2024) - [Why AI Can Push You to Make the Wrong Decision at Work](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/873b4d4fc195/) (brainfacts.org, September 12, 2024) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://blog.gitbutler.com/why-github-actually-won/