DHH Should Move Rails Off GitHub

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GitHub is introducing charges for Actions control plane, making it harder for open source projects.
Blacksmith and Linear offer better alternatives for CI and workflow management, respectively.
Commercial teams can afford to switch to better tools, but open source projects like Rails cannot.
Zig has already moved off GitHub due to unreliable CI and aggressive Copilot push.
DHH has a history of building exits from platform lock-in, like Omakub and Omarchy.
Moving Rails off GitHub would force the maturation of alternatives like Forgejo and Codeberg.
Open source needs a champion like DHH to lead the transition away from GitHub.

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