I've been having a lot of trouble with gh-pages lately, builds taking 6 hours or more, and I eventually had to switch to just using a cheap VPS for some projects as a result.
gh-pages is a great feature but it was never meant to have the load it has today. I'm sure they'll eventually get it scaled, but right now I wouldn't recommend using gh-pages for anything time-sensitive (like if you want to announce a project on HN before the weekend).
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I've been having a lot of trouble with gh-pages lately, builds taking 6 hours or more, and I eventually had to switch to just using a cheap VPS for some projects as a result.
gh-pages is a great feature but it was never meant to have the load it has today. I'm sure they'll eventually get it scaled, but right now I wouldn't recommend using gh-pages for anything time-sensitive (like if you want to announce a project on HN before the weekend).
Also there is a lot of downtimes.
If you want a free, git supported web hosting, I highly recommend using Heroku free plan instead.