Hot take: GitHub Enterprise is still more "developer platform with enterprise aspirations" than true enterprise platform
Key pain points at scale:
• Everything is repo-centric (OIDC, environments, etc.)
• Self-hosted runners = "bring your own K8s expertise"
• No org-level config management
• CD features feel like afterthoughts
The hybrid pattern I'm seeing: GitHub Actions for CI, dedicated platforms for CD.
GitHub's dev experience is but the enterprise operational story needs work.
Full writeup: https://nickperkins.au/article/github-enterprise-reality-check/