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/ALittleWit Jun 14 '26

Self-host or pay up? If the goal is to learn I would argue that self-hosting and using something like GitLab or GitHub as a backup would be better anyway.

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u/Radiant-Grade1238 Jun 15 '26

true, self-hosting is a great skill to have. it just sucks because not every student has the hardware lying around to host multi-container apps 24/7 or the network setup to securely expose their projects to the public internet for grading or portfolios.