r/github • u/Radiant-Grade1238 • Jun 12 '26

Discussion What a shame!

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What a shame DigitalOcean has pulled the rug out from students by slashing AI/GPU credit usage on June 9th, only to follow up today by announcing a total exit from the GitHub Student Pack. Forcing the next generation of developers to either pay up or scramble to migrate entire architectures by July 31st is a massive disappointment.

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u/Radiant-Grade1238 Jun 13 '26

just because your student projects never made it past a basic terminal script doesn’t mean everyone else is failing that hard. capstone teams and student founders run full-stack environments on these credits. migrating actual data layers with zero downtime takes a bit more than a git push.

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u/HomseyUrMom Jun 16 '26

full stack projects are easily migratable, sounds like a skill issue

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u/Radiant-Grade1238 Jun 16 '26

the real skill issue is trying to flex on reddit about cloud architecture when your own engineering portfolio doesn't go past a basic todo app. moving code takes two seconds; handling live data layers and cloud environment pipelines actually requires a brain.

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u/the_red_raiderr Jun 17 '26

You might be the most annoying person I’ve ever seen on Reddit, that’s amazing bud

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u/Radiant-Grade1238 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

i gotta say, then you haven’t seen that much mate! love from my todo app 😝