https://www.joelmerrick.co.uk/tags/github/ Recent content in GitHub on Joel Merrick Hugo en-GB Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100 https://www.joelmerrick.co.uk/blog/github-arctic-vault/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0100 https://www.joelmerrick.co.uk/blog/github-arctic-vault/ <figure class="figure"><img class="ttpic" src="https://www.joelmerrick.co.uk/images/blog/github-arctic-vault_hu_21c62f3f2cad691b.png" alt="GitHub Arctic Code Vault" width="140" height="140" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></figure><p>I never thought my code would end up buried in the Arctic ice, preserved for a thousand years. But that&rsquo;s exactly what happened when GitHub archived my open source contributions as part of their <a href="https://archiveprogram.github.com/">Arctic Code Vault</a> project.</p> <h2 id="my-code-frozen-in-time">My code, frozen in time <a class="heading-anchor" href="#my-code-frozen-in-time" aria-label="Link to this section">#</a></h2><p>On February 2, 2020 (02/02/2020), GitHub captured a snapshot of all active public repositories and preserved that data in the Arctic Code Vault. The snapshot included:</p>