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Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by ash_091 »

Aachen wrote: post #47

Reminds me of the 100 millionth OpenStreetMap changeset (commit). A few people, myself included, were casually trying for it but in the end it went to someone who wasn't trying and just busy mapping Africa! Much more wholesome, seeing it with hindsight. This person was also previously nominated for an OSM award. I guess it helps that openstreetmap doesn't really allow for creating crap, because it's all live in produ…

A friend of mine spent an entire workday figuring out how to ensure he created the millionth ticket in our help desk. Not sure how he cracked it in the end but we had a little team party to celebrate the achievement.

This was probably fifteen years ago. I feel like working in tech was more fun back then.

Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by msarnoff »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #78

I wish I were still at Apple. Probably most people here know that Apple uses an internal tool called "Radar" since, forever. Each "Radar" has an ID (bug #) associated with it. Radars that were bug #1,000,000, etc. were kind of special. Unless someone screwed up (and let down the whole team) they were usually faux-Radars with lots of inside jokes, etc. Pulling up one was enough since the Radar could reference other Ra…

#SnakesOnARadar

Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by mkagenius »

netsharc wrote: post #70
kylehotchkiss wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he’s in university for software development in Nepal, and it’s really touching that a milestone could go so deeply into the world. Hopefully he has a big spot for this on his resume and can find a great career in development!

I don't get why this needs a big spot in his resume, and why it should lead to a great career. A company/hiring manager that thinks being lucky to hit a magic number on some system has any relevance to work, I'd rate as very insane...

I will be really sus of someone's intelligence if they mentioned this as an achievement. It's fine as a joke, though.

Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by 4hg4ufxhy »

toast0 wrote: post #31
raincole wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there any reason for GitHub to hide this information though? How could it be used against them? (I understand many companies default to not expose any information unless forced otherwise.)

The rate of creation is like meh, but being able to enumerate all of the repos might be problematic, following new repos and scanning them for leaked credentials could be a negative... but github may have a feed of new repos anyway? Also, having a sequence implies at least a global lock on that sequence during repo creation. Repo creation could otherwise be a scoped lock. OTOH, it's not necessarily handled that way -…

What would be the issue with global lock? I think repo creation is a very rare event when measured in computer time.

Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by notfed »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #65
Cyphase wrote: post #6

I'm wondering if AasishPokhrel created this repo for the purpose of being the billionth.

I think he’s in university for software development in Nepal, and it’s really touching that a milestone could go so deeply into the world. Hopefully he has a big spot for this on his resume and can find a great career in development!

I find a bit of humor in the fact that this is completely unrequited attention. There's even a chance the guy is oblivious.

Re: Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub

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Post by notfed »

CGamesPlay wrote: post #71

Probably created via a script that just repeatedly checked https://api.github.com/repositories/999999999 until it showed up, and then created a new repository. Since repositories can be modified, could have even given it some buffer and created a bunch of repos, just delete the ones that don't get the right number. [append] Looking at the author's other repo created yesterday, I'm betting "yep" was supposed to be the…

Or...not. Why are you assuming this guy purposely grabbed the repo?
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