Agree, but look at the alternative; GitHub is constantly being savaged by users who (quite reasonably) expect uptime. Ignoring impacts on morale and reputation, damage to their bottom line alone might tens (hundreds?) of millions per year.
> mirroring traffic
yeah, I agree that's difficult, but it need to not be exact to still be useful.
Agree, but look at the alternative; GitHub is constantly being savaged by users who (quite reasonably) expect uptime. Ignoring impacts on morale and reputation, damage to their bottom line alone might tens (hundreds?) of millions per year.
> mirroring traffic
yeah, I agree that's difficult, but it need to not be exact to still be useful.