Re:GitHub: Private Profiles beta
by serial_dev on Friday April 22, 2022 @10:18AM
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I'm also happy to see this feature, just a month ago I was looking for it and was disappointed I can't hide my activity.
I was sick with COVID, but about one week in, I had an afternoon where I didn't feel completely sick, so I wanted to tinker with some code for an hour. I couldn't commit because I was paranoid that my boss/coworkers would freak out that I coded an hour while I was sick.
Same is true if your coworkers follow you, and you start starring or contributing to repos about interview questions, whiteboard questions, etc. There is a 98% chance nobody would notice or care, but I don't want unnecessary drama because I enjoy using GitHub in my free time.
I was sick with COVID, but about one week in, I had an afternoon where I didn't feel completely sick, so I wanted to tinker with some code for an hour. I couldn't commit because I was paranoid that my boss/coworkers would freak out that I coded an hour while I was sick.
Same is true if your coworkers follow you, and you start starring or contributing to repos about interview questions, whiteboard questions, etc. There is a 98% chance nobody would notice or care, but I don't want unnecessary drama because I enjoy using GitHub in my free time.