On the other hand when using something ready like git allowed him to launch quicker. If he gets traction he can always write a new system later, if not then he has saved up on a lot of time.
if so, then yes, what i'm saying exactly is that _loren_ could have saved himself time and trouble, in the long run, by coding a purpose-built system, instead of hacking github.
what it would've cost him, however, is the huge "jumpstart" he received by proclaiming his goal as "github for writers".
the kneejerk response to that, from the tech circles, was something that created huge word-of-mouth and mind-share, not to mention a great starting user-base, of technoids.
but that was months ago, and now there's some sense of "whatever happened to penflip?" and when he goes out to sell the system to writers, the "github" label will not be a benefit at all. (if anything, it will be a liability; but i think in general writers are fully unaware of it.)
all of this is my opinion. you, like loren, may disagree.
-bowerbird
indeed, what i said is, if you already know git/hub, use it, as you can sidestep its problem areas, to get what you need.
but in the long run, github won't work for most writers. so a purpose-built system needs to be built for them/us...
-bowerbird