Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by paxys on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:39PM (#44252578)

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.

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by recursive on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:47PM (#44252637)

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.

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by Macha on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:59PM (#44252706)

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

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by recursive on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:03PM (#44252734)

Yes, but that doesn't make it trivial.

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by handfuloflight on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:49PM (#44252646)

There is always one trillion to look forward to!

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by hu3 on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @09:51PM (#44253620)

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

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by GodelNumbering on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:52PM (#44252669)

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

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by paxys on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @06:58PM (#44252700)

I hope PR #80085 was worth it.

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by fancyswimtime on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @07:06PM (#44252762)

69 doesn't seem excessive

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Re:Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository ... by nithssh on Thursday June 12, 2025 @03:20AM (#44254977)

Sounds interesting, is there anything online about this?

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