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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?
He cheekily complained that I didn’t have much activity.
> 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 mean there are folks with histories which would make you greeen with envy, but you can have the same history with ~0 effort, making it immaterial.
Sourcehut may have advantages but I just can't get past the design. I need some fun in my products and this feels like an abandoned village. This is a bad reason to not use it I admit
I can’t get over the PR handling with git send-email. I know, it’s “how git is supposed to be used” or whatever, but it makes it just worse. I can’t decide if it’s worse or better than gerrit though. Every time I need to use gerrit for some google stuff, I want to punch my screen.
Sourcehut may have advantages but I just can't get past the design. I need some fun in my products and this feels like an abandoned village. This is a bad reason to not use it I admit
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Same. In fact, I discovered git-backdate [1] which can specifically be used to hide the fact that your working hours are a bit deranged. [1] https://github.com/rixx/git-backdate
Either you discovered it within the 10~ish days it exists or someone is fudging the timeline...
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> 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…
> 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?
Others are saying they experience this, but couldn’t that be solved by using one of the many projects that completely spoof the history? I mean there are folks with histories which would make you greeen with envy , but you can have the same history with ~0 effort, making it immaterial.
They thought I hacked Github or something. Good time :)