The Pulse: is GitHub still best for AI-native development?

GitHub's availability has dropped to roughly one nine (~90%) over the past month, largely due to infrastructure unable to handle the surge in traffic from AI coding agents. Three major incidents in February and March 2026 exposed weaknesses in database scaling, failover processes, and configuration management. Meanwhile, startup Pierre Computer claims to support over 15,000 new repos per minute — far beyond GitHub's capacity — positioning itself as an AI-native alternative. The deeper issue is organizational: GitHub has no CEO after Thomas Dohmke's departure, is entangled in Microsoft's internal politics, and lacks a clear north star. GitHub Copilot, once the leading AI coding tool, has been overtaken by Claude Code and is losing ground to Cursor. The author argues GitHub is spread too thin, chasing Copilot revenue while neglecting core platform reliability and failing to build infrastructure suited for agentic development workflows.