Last year, GitHub revealed its plan to store all of its open source software in an Arctic vault as part of its Archive Program. Now, the code hosting platform has been made to ensure that future generations can access them even if civilization collapses in the next 1,000 years. In a blog post celebrating the company’s success, GitHub Director of Strategic Programs Julia Metcalf revealed that the service’s code collection was deposited in the vault on July 8, 2020 after the delays caused due to the coronavirus pandemic.
GitHub archiving partner Piql wrote 21TB of repository data on 186 reels of piqlFilm, a digital photosensitive archival film that can be read by a computer or human with a magnifying glass. You know, in case humanity suffers a global power outage. Originally, the service hoped to finish the task in February, but had to wait until Piql’s team was able to travel to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, which recently reopened its borders. He also had to abandon his plans to send his own team to the Arctic.
