Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

claudescode.dev

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

101–110 of 252 posts

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#101

Post by cortesoft »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #70
madrox wrote: post #31

Already enough comments about base rate fallacy, so instead I'll say I'm worried for the future of GitHub. Its business is underpinned by pre-AI assumptions about usage that, based on its recent instability, I suspect is being invalidated by surges in AI-produced code and commits. I'm worried, at some point, they'll be forced to take an unpopular stance and either restrict free usage tiers or restrict AI somehow. I'm…

Fuck GitHub. It's a corporate attempt at owning git by sprinkling socials on top. I hope it fails. If you need to host git + a nice gui (as opposed to needing to promote your shit) Forgejo is free software.

The true value prop of github isn't "hosted git + nice gui", it is the whole ecosystem of contributers, forks, and PRs. You don't get that by hosting your own forge.

Also, I wouldn't say GitHub is a corporate attempt to own git... GitHub is a huge part of why Git is as popular as it is these days, and GitHub started as a small startup.

Of course, you can absolutely say Microsoft bought GitHub in an attempt to own git, but I think you are really underselling the value of the community parts of GitHub.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#102

Post by cortesoft »

throwaway27448 wrote: post #22

Do people really put weight in stars? It seems completely unrelated to anything but, well, popularity. Even when I modify other peoples' code I fork to a private repo and maintain my changes separately, and I'm fairly certain I have never starred a repo.

Stars on GitHub have nothing to do with quality.

They are bookmarks. It is a way to bookmark a repo, and while it might correlate with quality, it isn't a measure of it.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#103

Post by bonoboTP »

zahrevsky wrote: post #67
Aurornis wrote: post #11

Perfect example of a base rate fallacy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_rate_fallacy What percentage of GitHub activity goes to GitHub repos with less than 2 stars? I would guess it's close to the same number.

Off topic, but it reminds me of another principle: every geographic heatmap is just a population map. https://xkcd.com/1138/

That, or https://i.redd.it/soy72dye93o91.jpg

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#104

Post by jeremyjh »

progmetaldev wrote: post #64
louiereederson wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The instability is related to their Azure migration isn't it? Cynically you could say it hasn't been helped by the rolling RIFs at Microsoft

I keep hearing this, and I know Azure has had some issues recently, but I rarely have an issue with Azure like I do with GitHub. I have close to 100 websites on Azure, running on .NET, mostly on Azure App Service (some on Windows 2016 VMs). These sites don't see the type of traffic or amount of features that GitHub has, but if we're talking about Azure being the issue, I'm wondering if I just don't see this because t…

Azure is fine, stability wise.

The assumption is it would be mistakes in their migration - edge cases that have to be handled differently either in the infrastructure code, config or application services.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#105

Post by tempest_ »

progmetaldev wrote: post #64
louiereederson wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The instability is related to their Azure migration isn't it? Cynically you could say it hasn't been helped by the rolling RIFs at Microsoft

I keep hearing this, and I know Azure has had some issues recently, but I rarely have an issue with Azure like I do with GitHub. I have close to 100 websites on Azure, running on .NET, mostly on Azure App Service (some on Windows 2016 VMs). These sites don't see the type of traffic or amount of features that GitHub has, but if we're talking about Azure being the issue, I'm wondering if I just don't see this because t…

Running on Azure is not the same as migrating to Azure.

Making big changes like the tech that underpins your product while still actively developing that product means a lot of things in a complicated system changing at once which is usually a recipe for problems.

Incidentally I think that is part of the current problem with AI generated code. Its a fire hose of changes in systems that were never designed or barely holding together at their existing rate of change. AI is able to produce perfectly acceptable code at times but the churn is high and the more code the more churn.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#106

Post by tkgally »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #91
tkgally wrote: post #77

It looks like my one-star repository [1] came close to making this person's leaderboard for number of commits (currently 5,524 since January, all by Claude Code). I'm not sure what that means, though. Only a small percentage of those commits are code. The vast majority are entries for a Japanese-English dictionary being written by Claude under my supervision. I'm using Github for this personal project because it turn…

This is awesome. Your repo is now two stars.

Thanks! The dictionary should be more or less finished in a few months. If you or anyone else might find it helpful for studying Japanese, feel free to use it, copy it, and adapt it however you like.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#108

Post by tkgally »

nuker wrote: post #92
tkgally wrote: post #77

It looks like my one-star repository [1] came close to making this person's leaderboard for number of commits (currently 5,524 since January, all by Claude Code). I'm not sure what that means, though. Only a small percentage of those commits are code. The vast majority are entries for a Japanese-English dictionary being written by Claude under my supervision. I'm using Github for this personal project because it turn…

Make your own Github: forgejo.org One used Lenovo micro PC (size of a book) from eBay will serve you well.

Thanks for the recommendation. I didn’t know about forgejo.org.

The main convenience of Github for me is the ability to send preprepared prompts to Claude through its web interface or the mobile app and have it write or revise a batch of dictionary entries in the repository. I can then confirm the results on the built website, which is hosted on Github Pages, and request changes or reverts to Claude when necessary. Each prompt takes ten to thirty minutes to carry out and I run a dozen or more a day, and it is very convenient to be able to do that prompting and checking wherever I am.

When I have Claude make changes to the codebase, I find that I need to pay closer attention to the process. I can’t do that while sitting in restaurant or taking a walk like I do with the prompting for dictionary-entry writing. The next time I start a mostly (vibe) coding project, I’ll look into Forgejo.

Re: 90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars

#109

Post by akoboldfrying »

Joel_Mckay wrote: post #78
strongly-typed wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn’t matter if the recruiter doesn’t call you back because you’re not a 1000x engineer.

Why would anyone settle for underpaid positions from an agency taking a 7% contract cut, and purging CVs from any external firm also contracting with their services. Most people figure out this scam very early in life, but some cling to terrible jobs for unfathomable reasons. =3

> Why would anyone settle for

The answer to such questions is always that, given their circumstances, they have no realistic choice not to.

This is very obvious, and it's frustrating to continually see people pretend otherwise.

Post reply on HN