It's an online course, you need to do some tasks in each lesson. And you get points.
That's why you need to login with GitHub. See more on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10384683
That's why you need to login with GitHub. See more on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10384683
I very much would prefer the content to be accessible without this ego-bolstering crap.
Sorry, but local storage or a cookie dropped would suffice. Why should this introduction be in any way tied to me or my Github profile?
It may be so easy, to just log in with Github. But for me this just kills it. I assume, that a lot of people think alike - that might be the reasons for downvotes.
It seems a lot of effort goes into making this tutorial. The guy working on it seems to be running a business. Although it can be done without requiring a sign-up as you said, I also understand how the author would like more people to sign-up, follow the competition, and potentially use his company's service.
Writing good tutorial is actually pretty hard and time-consuming. Just making it open and not getting any benefit out of it is not a sustainble business.
... well you get the point. If I want to have it on my resume, I will put it there. If not it should not be findable, because I once looked into it, but maybe didn't have the stamina to push through.
So maybe "ego-bolstering" was a bit harsh. But non the less - this requirement just killed it.
Disclaimer: I'm pro-Github... well, other than the fact that it's centralizing a decentralized SCM. ;)
I had to swallow it (just bile)