Why did GitHub become unprofitable? Did they spend too much money hosting open-source projects, compared to what they made on private repos? Maybe the lesson is that free hosting never works.

If I learned anything working at large companies is that hardware is never close to being as expensive as headcount.

Github tried hard, but clearly didn't achieve enough diversity[1] and still had too many white women[2].

[1] https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-a... [2] http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg

No, that’s not why.

I have been looking for a source to that claim (not the first I have seen) and haven't found one (either for or against profitability). Does anybody have one?