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diff --git a/www/README.md b/www/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cecc73 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +## What is git.lirion.de? + +This is simply because I needed a place to stuff my private code in, sharing is caring and all those +$reasons. lirion.de is not a huge company with gazillions of employees (also, see below) so +Github/GitLab collaboration benefits are not required here while the former is now owned by Microsoft +and not in your hands, and the latter is way too much overhead for a small cozy site like this. + +## Why git.lirion.de? + +1. First of all: public sharing. Be it a community thought or a bit of shameless self-display - + praising the former and pleading guilty for the latter. +2. I am a consultant and I'm running around places a lot. Companies, for reasons of cost-effectiveness + (tee, hee), usually only offer internal interfaces of their repositories (for what needs to remain + internal ofc) but no public port for those aliens of us who still identify with their work beyond + desk and work hours. So: everything I created that is not confidential will reside outside those + companies. Your decision. +3. The thought before this would never have occurred if laziness did not interfere with my philosophy. + I loved my first read of [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/) + , and people like Peter Ganten seeing no future in Closed Source and Profit Through Obscurity + make me run around with a smile on my face. But for reasons of laziness I pushed *any* code into + corporate repositories, which ceased when the SSH port was closed to the "WWW" but not HTTPS (lel) + and I like my SSH. + +## Why cgit? + +I did experiment with GitLab even before the Github disaster, but decided for myself: this is too huge +for a small site. I had gitweb runnign before, but changing the looks and contents of the web frontend +while possible still looks like ancient tinkering about. + +But lo, then the Gods hath created [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/)! I discovered this only recently +and immediately spawned an this instance. Nicely customisable, lean, performant. Even though he doesn't +know me, I really love Jason's work and should he ever read this: your git content and server rock, man. + +## What is your time? + +Why should we care? cgit's default of speaking UTC is a nice one - we come from different corners of +the world and working in a global sector or having a global hobby should start to make us familiar with +that. For those who don't get the drift: this is UK winter time all the year \*sips coffee near the mantle\* |