Nah, I quite like getting my GE update alerts in my safe space, Lemmy. I don't have the time to remember to go check github periodically. I do notice, and read, the posts here and decide if its worth updating my deck/desktop right then and there while I am thinking about it.
So what doesn't work for you, works really really well for me.
Plus the whole point to good development is small, short release cycles and incremental updates. All we are seeing is the byproduct of a good developer and workflow.
Nuclear fire, then salt the earth.
Fucking thrips are the bane of my indoor gardening experience.
Safer's soap has worked reasonably well for me. And loooots of bright yellow sticky traps.