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Fine for my closed source stuff, but my open source work is specifically meant to be viewable, even by non-technical people doing recruitment or looking over my portfolio. I've put up with a lot of stuff, but this would be my personal last straw.
I think it’s been functionally login-only for a while, unfortunately. Any time I try to use the site while logged out I immediately hit all sorts of rate limits and spam prevention measures. Issues and pull requests stop loading almost immediately. Searches are extremely restricted, like i think literally one search is all you get sometimes unless you login. It’s hard to tell how much of this is intentional and how m…
Lucky you - search never seems to work for me anonymously, and even when logged in the search isn't great.
I really appreciate that HN still just uses temporary rate limits. You get the occasional "sorry" text, but as soon as traffic drops or your IP changes, you can read without logging in.
I wish more platforms stuck to temporary rate limits instead of building permanent walled gardens.
I've written a small tool to query Github to see if a particular feature has been released for an open source project. I had to use an API token to not get immediately blocked. But I don't think rate limits are new for Github.
The whole GitHub infra is cracking under the AI-boom's increased load. This can very well be just another symptom of the same thing.
let's be real : it's microsoft.