The AI Trap: Why GitHub's Changes Spell Trouble for Developers The recent decision by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior to migrate its source code from GitHub to Forgejo, a self hosted instance, has sparked a wider conversation about the implications of relying on cloud based platforms like GitHub.
As someone who has also made the switch, I want to explore what this move really means for developers and why it's not just about outages.
The Dutch government's choice of Forgejo was driven by a desire for digital autonomy, specifically the need to publish its source code on a platform that it owns.