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Re:GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs by beart on Monday February 02, 2026 @10:48PM (#46866228)
Wow, what is the context for all of these spam PRs?
Re:GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs by roflchoppa on Monday February 02, 2026 @10:51PM (#46866248)
Re:GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs by y-curious on Monday February 02, 2026 @11:32PM (#46866531)
Tldw: a popular YouTube video on “how to open a PR on GitHub” by an Indian channel (targeting Indian audiences) showed how to add their name to a PR step by step. The rest is just the scale of the Indian population in action. I hope the maintainers of expressjs can rest easy
Re:GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs by undermineduser on Sunday February 15, 2026 @03:46AM (#47022095)
I am from India and i would like to apologize for this matter.

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Re:GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs by x3n0ph3n3 on Monday February 02, 2026 @10:52PM (#46866257)
Advise from low-quality bootcamp-like training programs that encourage open-source contribution, providing low-quality examples of such contribution, in order to improve one's resume and career chances.