> There's real opportunity here for Github and I hope they take it.
I think the philosophy here is that there is a real opportunity and they hope that you take it (or someone in the community). They're creating a highly-hackable editor and their API allows access to everything you've asked for.
They're going to build a ton of add-ons too, but they want the community to build a lot of this stuff. The most creative product team in the world can't match millions of developers solving their own problems, so rather than try to build the perfect product for everyone, they're building the most flexible product for everyone to mold into what they need.
I think the philosophy here is that there is a real opportunity and they hope that you take it (or someone in the community). They're creating a highly-hackable editor and their API allows access to everything you've asked for.
They're going to build a ton of add-ons too, but they want the community to build a lot of this stuff. The most creative product team in the world can't match millions of developers solving their own problems, so rather than try to build the perfect product for everyone, they're building the most flexible product for everyone to mold into what they need.