Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by alexpadula on Monday January 12, 2026 @09:57AM
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It’s not, it’s just how hackernews works. You’ll see new projects hit 1k-10k stars in a matter of a day. You can have the best project, best article to you but if everyone else doesn’t think so it’ll always be at the bottom. Some luck involved too. Bots upvoting a post not organically I doubt is gonna live long on first page.
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Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by worldsavior on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:09AM
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The stars are on GitHub, they can come from somewhere else, e.g. the author himself buying stars.
Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by alexpadula on Monday January 12, 2026 @11:13AM
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This is hella common. Companies have too much money to spend.
Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by Duendek86 on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:17PM
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Hi, I'm the developer's father. Trust me, he hasn't bought a single star in his life—not even in Super Mario :p
Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by Panzerschrek on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:58AM
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That's not how it works. My publication with (subjectively) better language barely had a couple of comments and github stars.
Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
by baranul on Saturday January 17, 2026 @07:28AM
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But, star buying for GitHub is a thing too. This is why you have to look at things like number of contributors, forks, watchers, and pull requests. Just a lot of stars, without the other positive indicators, can be an indication that the project is not so engaging as it might seem or its supposed popularity is fake.