I had been pouring my energy into a new project that I truly believed in. It was something I hoped would gain traction and have a real impact. I managed a small team of four and took on full responsibility for overseeing every aspect of the project — from code and content to communication and coordination.

To collaborate efficiently, we used GitHub as our central hub. It stored all our work — the codebase, documentation, and other vital pieces of the project. We put in countless hours, iterating, building, and moving the project forward together.

Then, out of nowhere, a team member messaged me:

“I can’t access your GitHub account.”

I quickly logged in to check — everything looked fine. But when I logged out and tried to access my account again, I was hit with a jarring message:
“User not found.”

I couldn't believe it. I tried again, checked different links, refreshed pages — nothing. My heart dropped. All that work. Everything we built. Gone?

After some digging, I discovered the cause:

My GitHub account had been marked as spam and locked by their system.

I Googled the issue and found forums full of frustrated developers who had faced the same thing. Many said they had emailed GitHub support and never heard back — some were waiting months, even years for a resolution. The outlook was bleak.

I did what I could: I sent an email to GitHub Support.
Then, I turned to Hashem.

I said,

“Hashem, I know You are in control. You can do anything — even restore this account today.”

With that, I let go and went about my day, checking my account and email every so often.

Then, sometime later in the day — right after checking and seeing no change — I asked my kids to daven with me. Together, we said:

“Hashem, please put Mommy's GitHub account back up.”

Immediately after our short tefillah, I refreshed the page.

There it was.
My account was back. Fully restored. Every file, every repo — untouched and safe.

Seconds later, an email arrived:

Hi there,

Thanks for contacting GitHub Support.
Sometimes our abuse-detecting systems highlight accounts that need to be manually reviewed.

We've cleared the restrictions from your account, so you have full access to GitHub again.

If you have any more questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us — we’ll be happy to help!

Hope you have an amazing day and thank you for being part of the GitHub Community.

Sincerely,
Tony

To many, this may seem like coincidence or luck. But for me, it was a powerful reminder:
Hashem runs the world — even GitHub.
Sometimes, you don’t just hit refresh on a page. You hit refresh on your emunah.