&gt; What&#x27;s a &quot;real project&quot;?<p>One of not negligible size. They usually have many dependencies. I can see on our composer.json around ~60 dependencies, and the number will only grow (apart some lucky circumstances).<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;composer&#x2F;composer&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1898" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;composer&#x2F;composer&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1898</a><p>&gt; I also recommend setting up Toran Proxy, which will allow you to ensure you&#x27;re not boned when Github goes down.<p>Yes, that&#x27;s a good idea