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GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

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Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#11

Post by bloopernova »

This is beautiful and hilarious. Thank you for the uplifting on a difficult morning.

Now to figure out how to give my best gist[1] a million stars :D

https://gist.github.com/aclarknexient/0ffcb98aa262c585c49d4b... (Making a Nice zsh environment: Quick HOWTO install fzf oh-my-zsh powerlevel10k fd ripgrep on MacOS)

PS. Gimme stars! I crave stars!

PPS. More seriously, the 47 stars on that little guide have a disproportionate impact on my happiness. Plus some of my most respected peers said it was useful to them. The lesson here is that you can meaningfully improve our software world without writing an ubiquitous and elegant framework or new language. Instead, people still need good curated content, guides that glue things together, and plain old documentation.

PPPS. So start writing gists and improve project documentation with PRs: I believe in you!

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#12

Post by bloopernova »

j13n wrote: post #2

Something I wrote recently to put a smile on my face after a couple of tough weeks doing cold outreach. If it makes another person smile, it was time we’ll spent.

TMI: I'm stressed, in pain, behind on work, tired from caring for my partner, and I have a constant headache because my short range work glasses broke forcing me to use a much older pair.

You made me smile and laugh, so I'm grateful for you today. Thank you.

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#13

Post by j13n »

bloopernova wrote: post #11

This is beautiful and hilarious. Thank you for the uplifting on a difficult morning. Now to figure out how to give my best gist[1] a million stars :D https://gist.github.com/aclarknexient/0ffcb98aa262c585c49d4b... (Making a Nice zsh environment: Quick HOWTO install fzf oh-my-zsh powerlevel10k fd ripgrep on MacOS) PS. Gimme stars! I crave stars! PPS. More seriously, the 47 stars on that little guide have a disproporti…

fzf, zsh, rg, and fd all on macOS‽ Delectable! Stars++

And more importantly, helping other people out of the goodness of your heart.

Thank you for being so generous, fellow earthling!

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#16

Post by j13n »

bloopernova wrote: post #12
j13n wrote: post #2

Something I wrote recently to put a smile on my face after a couple of tough weeks doing cold outreach. If it makes another person smile, it was time we’ll spent.

TMI: I'm stressed, in pain, behind on work, tired from caring for my partner, and I have a constant headache because my short range work glasses broke forcing me to use a much older pair. You made me smile and laugh, so I'm grateful for you today. Thank you.

You’re thoroughly welcome, bloopernova!

Thank you for reading and letting me know I’ve had a positive impact — it means a lot.

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#17

Post by BrianHenryIE »

j13n wrote: post #15
RGBCube wrote: post #14

I think the number of badges in the README also need to be included in the formula for Q.

An astute observation! More badges being more vain than less, should that push up or down one’s Q-quotient?

Particularly "license" badges, which just repeat information already elsewhere on the main repo page.

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#18

Post by jmholla »

j13n wrote: post #2

Something I wrote recently to put a smile on my face after a couple of tough weeks doing cold outreach. If it makes another person smile, it was time we’ll spent.

I think it would be handy to show what sloc is (spire lines of code). I had to look it up since I'm used to just loc and I could not get my brain to figure out the s this morning.

Re: GitHub Actions and vanity metrics

#20

Post by linuxdude314 »

jmholla wrote: post #18
j13n wrote: post #2

Something I wrote recently to put a smile on my face after a couple of tough weeks doing cold outreach. If it makes another person smile, it was time we’ll spent.

I think it would be handy to show what sloc is (spire lines of code). I had to look it up since I'm used to just loc and I could not get my brain to figure out the s this morning.

It just means "source lines of code". "losc" sort of makes more sense with how we are used to speaking, but it's not as easy to pronounce as "sloc".
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