It's pretty easy to game this. Just keep creating repos till you hit # one billion and remove the old ones. Their API makes it trivial. The only issue will be rate limits, and other people simultaneously creating repos, so it's a matter of luck.

I don't believe they will renumber the old ones. Also, it can't be trivial, since two people can try this, and only one can win.

The one who lost doesn't get discussed in this thread.

Yes, but that doesn't make it trivial.

There is always one trillion to look forward to!

bogus aí agents stuck in loops will get us there soon enough

There was a guy who got fired from Meta for creating excessive automated diffs in pursuit of a certain magic number

I hope PR #80085 was worth it.

69 doesn't seem excessive

Sounds interesting, is there anything online about this?

AasishPokhrel made 2 repos yday - shit and yep. no activity between may 17th and june 10th.

i have no idea if its possible to calculate the rate at which repos are being created and time your repo creation to hit vanity numbers

I think he’s in university for software development in Nepal, and it’s really touching that a milestone could go so deeply into the world. Hopefully he has a big spot for this on his resume and can find a great career in development!

I don't get why this needs a big spot in his resume, and why it should lead to a great career. A company/hiring manager that thinks being lucky to hit a magic number on some system has any relevance to work, I'd rate as very insane...

I will be really sus of someone's intelligence if they mentioned this as an achievement. It's fine as a joke, though.

I find a bit of humor in the fact that this is completely unrequited attention. There's even a chance the guy is oblivious.

I highly doubt it, but that does sound possible.