I've created an Amazon-style GitHub status page here: https://github.com/runeksvendsen/status
When you can't reach this status page, GitHub is down. Otherwise it works fine.
When you can't reach this status page, GitHub is down. Otherwise it works fine.
Either this is a case of Put the joke into air ten feet of north of me. Verify the result. or there was an issue with the repo.
If I was doing this I'd be looking at making a real repo with a magic string in its README.md - because there's a big difference between HTTP 200 on / for github.com, and everything working correctly so that magic string displays.
I missed the "Amazon-style" part in the OP, which I guess is referencing how Amazon used to (?) host their status page.