GitHub Codespaces preview version still has some glaring omissions, CEO insists it will be ready when it's ready

Rival GitPod sees perfect opportunity to say: Pssst, we've got that stuff

GitHub CEO Nat Friedman showed off Codespaces at the virtual Universe event, though the thing remains in limited preview and key features are still missing. Meanwhile, rival GitPod has added support for Visual Studio Code and the ability to run commands with root permissions in its similar workspace service....