# A developer praises GitHub's collaboration model

DevFeed: [A developer praises GitHub's collaboration model](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/github-decimates-71219.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/github-decimates/>)

Author: Chris Wanstrath

Published: 2008-09-19T08:56:21Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

Russell Mull recounts creating a GitHub account and cloning the Cappuccino repository to fix bugs. He praises GitHub's collaboration model compared with commercial systems, CVS, and SVN.

## Source excerpt

Russell Mull discusses his experience hacking on Cappuccino: While playing with cappuccino, I thought I'd fix a few bugs. So I made a github account and cloned the full repo....