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GitHub Rebrands; Uses Very Impressive-Sounding Names to Improve Reliability With Vibes

🗓Tuesday, February 10, 2026

GitHub has announced a bold new plan to change the names for many of their core offerings in an effort to combat ongoing availability issues plaguing their flagship services.

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Bay Area Sightings

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Classifieds

  • Amazon is hiring any anthropod with a measurable pulse to continue leave the AWS status page unmaintained.
  • Anduril is hiring a bio-ethicist to study the karmic implications of targeted shrimp torture.
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  • Anthropic is hiring a facial training coach to help teach Dario Amodei how to smile in a more human-like manner.
  • Apple is hiring a human interface deconstructionist to excise the last remaining evidence of thoughtful design from its user interfaces.
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