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Make yours and other people's life easier! Do s...

Make yours and other people's life easier! Do support!

In order to become a better developer you’ll have to spend some time doing support!

Here at GitHub developers help out with support on a regular basis, leading to a better experience for our customers. Some even work on both: half development, half support. I’m going to show you why I think support is awesome and how it makes you better at writing code!

Mike Adolphs

March 01, 2014
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  7. User: Totally loving what you did with the Windows client

    and been loyally using it since it came out. But does it really need to take up 2.5GB of space? :(
  8. User: Totally loving what you did with your Windows client

    and been loyally using it since it came out. But does it really need to take up 2.5GB of space? :( Paul Betts: That's totally not cool (and not expected)! Can you tell us specifically which folders are taking up so much space?
  9. Paul Betts: That's totally not cool (and not expected)! Can

    you tell us specifically which folders are taking up so much space? User: Totally loving what you did with your Windows client and been loyally using it since it came out. But does it really need to take up 2.5GB of space? :( User: As soon as I get back home, I'll send you the juicy details. That will happen tomorrow. ! I must say I'm positively surprised by your responsiveness. Thought it would take a day or two at the least for any reply to arrive!
  10. ! Thanks! Image credits: Otto Yamamoto * Trevor Coultart *

    butupa * Davide Simonelli * Daniel Imfeld * Adam Fagen *
 James Forsyth * Michael Kuhn * J. Michel Carriere * Andrew Eason * 401 K * Chris Isherwood * Travis *
 Costa Ricas Callcenter * Arbeitgeberverband Gesamtmetall * United States Forces * Drew Bennett * Quinn Dombrowski Want to follow-up? @fooforge || [email protected]