A Developer's Tale: Building a GitHub Clone, Only to Find It Already Exists

A developer shared a relatable experience on YouTube Shorts: after building their own version of GitHub from scratch, they posted it online only to be told that the project already exists. The video, posted by user @zohaibility, captures the classic developer cycle of building something new, sharing it with the community, and discovering that someone else had the same idea. The short video, titled 'Building my own #GitHub — but someone already did it,' has garnered attention on platforms like Hacker News and underscores the challenges of originality in the open-source world. Despite the redundancy, the project highlights the learning value and personal satisfaction of building from the ground up.