Dragging my feet leaving GitHub

tag(s): #failures #programming A couple days ago I read a post by Kev Quirk about moving his code off GitHub and into Codeberg. It resonated with me because I've been meaning to make that change myself for some time now. But... Current status For a while I used Source Hut for new projects. Nowadays it is only a mirror of my own private git server. I don't see myself giving up having my own server. It didn't take too long to configure, by mirroring I get a backup and public interface to the repositories, and yet don't give up control and convenience. Why am I still on GitHub, then? Can't delete my account anyway At work, we use a GitHub. So even if I remove my personal code, I would still need to keep my account around. And honestly, even if that wasn't the case, I don't know if I would delete the account. Sooner or later I will want to open an issue on a project hosted there... My older Emacs packages Then there are the few packages I have published in MELPA. I would need to update…