Leaving GitHub: A Senior Developer’s Warning on "Digital Hostage" Situations

Miloš P. — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:11:46 +0000

The Incident: 70 days ago, my GitHub account (active for years, clean record, paying Copilot subscriber) was suspended without a single email or explanation. My work, including tools supporting research in Antarctica, was instantly turned into 404 pages.

The Reality Check: Despite 25 years of engineering experience and a paid subscription, I’ve been met with total silence. My professional email addresses are now "trapped" in their system, and I cannot move my identity elsewhere.

The Lesson:

Copilot is a productivity trap: The seconds it saves you are nothing compared to the weeks lost in "support limbo."
90% of GitHub is noise: Most solutions are mediocre; don't waste your time building a reputation on a platform that treats you like a row in a database.
The ROI isn't there: I have spent more time fighting their bots than I ever gained from their services.

The Future: I am moving my work to independent channels. My code is safe in my local archives. GitHub is no longer part of my workflow. If you value your time and autonomy, have a "Plan B".

A note for employers and juniors: GitHub is not a CV

In recent years, I’ve noticed a worrying trend: GitHub profiles being treated as résumés. Commit graphs, public repositories, and stars are increasingly used as hiring filters.

This is a mistake. GitHub activity measures visibility, not competence. It favors those with time for public demos and self-promotion, while penalizing engineers who work on private, long-lived, or regulated systems — often the most critical ones.

For junior developers, this creates a harmful illusion: that constant public output matters more than understanding fundamentals, problem-solving skills, or the ability to reason about systems.

A professional engineer is not defined by a platform. When a single service becomes someone’s professional identity, any suspension — justified or not — turns into career damage without due process.

GitHub can be a useful supplement. It should never be the foundation of someone’s career.

Bringing VB6 Back to Life: Run the Classic IDE on Windows 10/11 — No VM Needed

Miloš P. — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:09:19 +0000

UPDATE (Januar 2026): GitHub has suspended my account without explanation, and all repository links below are currently broken. I have decided to stop using GitHub due to their lack of support and accountability. You can read the full story of why I am leaving the platform [https://dev.to/milos74/leaving-github-after-25-years-a-senior-developers-warning-on-digital-hostage-situations-1ne2].

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Miloš P. — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:09:07 +0000

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Leaving GitHub: A Senior Developer’s Warning on "Digital Hostage" Situations

A note for employers and juniors: GitHub is not a CV

Bringing VB6 Back to Life: Run the Classic IDE on Windows 10/11 — No VM Needed

Why I Built a C# Markdown to/from HTML, and AmigaGuide to HTML/Markdown Converter