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> As a GitHub user, I was always seeking green squares to try to make sure I had activity every day. I have never paid any attention to that at all. It surprises me that some do. Do you think it's common?
I think it is common, but completely absurd. Why are green squares _every day_ a good thing? Have a life. Live your life. There is more than just code.
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> that people think that they have words which must be heard by others More like they think they have words that others might like to hear -- and they're often correct.
Why all the blog hate? We saw this with Youtube as well, and then Khan Academy happened and shut that erroneous line of argumentation down. It's weird how people fail to remember that humans learn by conversing with each other (yes, this includes screaming into the void that is the IoT). Humans are prosocial. Storytelling and information spread promotes critical thinking and encourages debates, reflection, and sparks…
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I think it’s a 90’s/2000’s term (e.g. SourceForge) that is now archaic. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software) : “In FOSS development communities, a forge is a web-based collaborative software platform for both developing and sharing computer applications. The term forge refers to a common prefix or suffix adopted by various platforms created after the example of SourceForge. This usage of the word stem…
First time I have ever heard that. Yes, of course I know SourceForge, but never heard the term forge being used generically, like, ever.
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Do you think it's common? Yes. I see it more and more these days, especially among recruiters and HR departments. I believe there's an inverse correlation between the value one places on green squares and their understanding of what it actually takes to build software... https://eddiots.com/931 https://eddiots.com/447 https://eddiots.com/2461 https://eddiots.com/2390
Exactly. I hate this too. I'd rather keep my github activity private. It's nobody's business to know if I commit 30 times per hour or once per week. On the other hand I recently encountered a very interesting hiring process. I think this is the first time in 20 years when I'm encountering some "new idea in recruitment" and I actually think it's good for everyone. I'm talking about coding/other task based challenges y…
In a dev job you're writing code, you have some degree of time constraint, you get to use Google. You're emailing a colleague with advice/suggestions. So yep. That company's test is pretty on the money.
We've used a similar process and it's super interesting to be on the hiring side and compare the results from different candidates when you give them the same problem. There were people who sounded really smart and polished in an interview but then bombed the coding test.
> As a GitHub user, I was always seeking green squares to try to make sure I had activity every day. This led me to change my workflow to generate more green squares, not for whatever is maximally effective. Having visible stars and followers also turns it into a sort of popularity contest. There's a dopamine hit when you get one of those, so it creates a strong reward function for attention-seeking behavior. > Anoth…
> GitHub dispenses a lot of dopamine and it makes me change how I work to get those nice little green squares. Yerwhat? This is not remotely my experience with GitHub at all. I never look at my green squares. In fact I rarely even look at anyone's profile page (why would I?) I use GitHub every day and it has never once occurred to me that anyone could think of GitHub as addictive/gamified or a "dopamine dispenser".
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First time I have ever heard that. Yes, of course I know SourceForge, but never heard the term forge being used generically, like, ever.
Neither have I. Probably because almost nobody uses the term that way. It’s just Wikipedia—in other words, just something somebody made up. There’s no citation.
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You think Microsoft did this "to put OSS into the hands of everyone"? I think it's despicable that so much OSS is on a Microsoft platform considering how hostile Microsoft was towards OSS.
Github existed long before they were bought out by Microsoft. A company is run by people, with different opinions, when new people get in charge, the company changes as well. Microsoft is not hostile towards Linux and OSS and embraced it, deal with it.
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And then another click away when you want to go back to normal. Every time you do it. It's not a matter of clicking, it's a matter of having extra steps in an already diverging workflow.
This is probably unpopular, but I like these kinds of simple UI barriers to services I value. Also, this would certainly help with the Hacktoberfest problem. There are plenty of other code hosting services. If you can't use Sourcehut, it's not for you.
Why does he keep calling GitHub a "forge"? Is calling a code repository a "forge" something common that I just haven't run across before?