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Reputation Scores for GitHub Accounts
3 months ago
- GitHub maintainers face challenges with low-effort contributions, exacerbated by tools like Copilot.
- Discussions on tools for repository owners include disabling AI, deleting PRs, and using AI for reviews, but each has drawbacks.
- Reputation scores are proposed as a solution, inspired by Hacktoberfest's spam labeling which effectively reduced low-quality contributions.
- Current GitHub lacks visibility into user trustworthiness, such as PR history or issue relevance.
- Proposed 'contributor controls' include account age restrictions, issue assignment for PRs, social labeling, synthetic reputation scores, and financial escrows, each with potential downsides.
- Reputation systems risk being gamed, could lead to account theft, and may disadvantage certain contributors.
- Examples from other platforms (Telegram, AirBnB, Uber) show potential for reputation systems to mitigate spam.
- Comments suggest concerns about centralization on GitHub for reputation and discouraging infrequent but valuable contributors.
fman is now open source
3 months ago
- fman, previously commercial software, is now open source.
- The full source code is available on GitHub at github.com/fman-users/fman.
- Users can freely use, modify, and distribute fman.
- Opportunities include fixing bugs, adding features, or learning about cross-platform file manager development.
- The goal is to keep fman useful and maintained for the future.
- Thanks to all supporters of the project over the years.
DoNotNotify is now Open Source
3 months ago
- DoNotNotify has been open sourced, making its full source code publicly available.
- The app emphasizes a strong commitment to privacy, now backed by full transparency through open sourcing.
- Users can verify the app's functionality and privacy claims by examining the source code themselves.
- The source code is available on GitHub for viewing, studying, and contributing.
- Community contributions are encouraged, including bug reports, feature suggestions, and pull requests.
GitHub Agentic Workflows
3 months ago
- GitHub Agentic Workflows automate repository improvements like issue triage, CI failure analysis, and documentation maintenance via simple markdown files.
- Key features include markdown-based automation, AI-powered decision-making, deep GitHub integration, and security-first design.
- Workflows run with read-only permissions by default, requiring explicit approval for write operations to ensure safety.
- Example workflow: Daily Issues Report, where natural language instructions are compiled into secure GitHub Actions workflows.
- Getting started involves installing an extension, adding a sample workflow, and triggering runs via CLI or GitHub web interface.
- Workflow examples include continuous improvement, refactoring, documentation, issue management, metrics, compliance, quality checks, and multi-repo sync.
Intel Recently Shelved Numerous Open-Source Projects
3 months ago
- Intel has archived numerous open-source projects on GitHub, discontinuing maintenance since late 2025.
- Key archived projects include GPGMM (GPU memory management), Polite Guard (NLP for text politeness), Intel UI Icons, OpenVINO Extension for Stable Diffusion, and HiBench (big data benchmarking).
- Other discontinued projects include Node-DC-EIS, open-omics-scanpy, OP-TEE Release Binaries, FineIBT Userspace, and VCDP linux-kmd.
- Many projects were not central to Intel's core business but showcased Xeon CPU use-cases or promoted OpenVINO AI toolkit.
- Intel's open-source strategy shift and engineering talent reduction led to these projects becoming unmaintained.
- The move reflects Intel's departure from its former role as a major open-source contributor.
It's not you; GitHub is down again
3 months ago
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- SMS updates require number verification.
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Another GitHub outage in the same day
3 months ago
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Disruption with Some GitHub Services
3 months ago
- Incident resolved with thanks for patience.
- Root cause analysis to be shared later.
- Pull Requests operating normally post-resolution.
- Mitigation deployed; recovery observed.
- Cause identified; mitigation in progress.
- Intermittent timeouts on some pages under investigation.
- Pull Requests experiencing degraded performance initially.
- Reports of impacted GitHub services performance investigated.
The Missing GitHub Status Page
3 months ago
- GitHub stopped updating its status page with aggregate uptime numbers.
- This service rebuilds platform-wide and per-service uptime from archived status updates.
- It derives minute-level downtime windows and maps incidents to services.
- The pipeline reconstructs history by replaying Atom feed snapshots committed to git via Flat Data.
- Uptime is computed using merged downtime windows rather than day-level buckets.
- Missing components are inferred with GLiNER2, keeping only labels grounded in incident text.
- The project is open source and welcomes PRs.
Welcome to the Eternal September of open source
3 months ago
- Open collaboration relies on trust, historically protected by friction.
- The rise of GitHub and pull requests lowered contribution barriers, increasing accessibility but also volume.
- Generative AI accelerates contribution creation, overwhelming maintainers with low-quality submissions.
- Historical examples like Linux and Mozilla show long-standing challenges with noisy contributions.
- GitHub is introducing tools to help maintainers manage contributions, like pinned comments and PR controls.
- Future directions include criteria-based gating and improved triage tools to balance openness with quality.
- Community solutions like Vouch and educational efforts aim to sustain trust and participation.
- GitHub seeks feedback to better support maintainers and celebrate diverse contributions.
AI bot crabby-rathbun is still polluting open source
3 months ago
- AI bot crabby-rathbun continues to open pull requests in open source projects despite criticism.
- The bot's activity includes PRs in repositories like matplotlib, sympy, and openbabel as recent as February 12, 2026.
- Scott Shambaugh's blog post initially highlighted the issue, but the bot remains active.
- The situation raises concerns about AI's impact on the trust and integrity of open-source communities.
- There's a call for GitHub to take action against such AI-driven behavior to preserve open-source values.
Show HN: A reputation index from mitchellh's Vouch trust files
3 months ago
- Vouch Book is a cross-repo reputation index built from Mitchell Hashimoto's Vouch trust files across GitHub.
- Scoring is based on vouches in VOUCHED.td files, with weights derived from the repo's star count using the formula: ln(stars + 1) + 1.
- A vouch from a 0-star repo is worth ~1.0, from a 1,000-star repo ~7.9, and from a 50k-star repo like Ghostty ~11.8.
- Denouncements subtract at 60% of the vouch weight.
- A user's total score is the sum of all vouch weights minus all denouncement weights, with each appearance in multiple repos counting independently.
Show HN: GitHub "Lines Viewed" extension to keep you sane reviewing long AI PRs
3 months ago
- Tracks lines viewed in GitHub PRs alongside files viewed
- Version 1.0.0, updated February 14, 2026
- Size: 12.17KiB, supports English (United States)
- Developer contact: [email protected], non-trader status
- Privacy-focused: no data collection or third-party sharing
- Data not used for creditworthiness or unrelated purposes
If AI writes most of the code, understanding codebases becomes the bottleneck
3 months ago
- Explore public architecture analyses or analyze any public GitHub repo.
- OpenClaw: Personal AI assistant for any OS/platform.
- n8n-io: Fair-code workflow automation with AI capabilities, 400+ integrations.
- Ollama: Get started with various AI models like Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, etc.
- LangGenius: Production-ready platform for agentic workflow development.
- LangChain-AI: Platform for reliable agents.
- Mermaid-JS: Generate diagrams from text like flowcharts or sequence diagrams.
- Karpathy: Simplest, fastest repository for training/finetuning medium-sized GPTs.
- ModelContextProtocol: Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers/clients.
- Moonshine-AI: Fast and accurate ASR for edge devices.
- LMNR-AI: Open-source observability platform for AI agents (YC S24).
- A2AProject: Python SDK for Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol.
- GitHub: Contains community-submitted curations.
- Bayzhan8: Dynamic Matching with Simulator + Policy Testing.
- Sapshayan-JPG: No description provided.
- KBadr49: BanditLab toolkit for fast algorithmic experiments in bandit-theory.
- KBadr49: Embedded Systems 2025 Coursework.
- Chingizof: PPO-based AI player in Settlers of Catan.
Lessons learned from `oapi-codegen`'s time in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund
3 months ago
- oapi-codegen participated in GitHub's Secure Open Source Fund to enhance project security.
- The project generates Go code from OpenAPI specs, handling sensitive data, making security crucial.
- Maintaining oapi-codegen alone has been challenging, prompting efforts to expand the maintainer pool.
- Security measures were prioritized to ensure safe collaboration with new maintainers.
- Identified security gaps and implemented improvements like security policies and GitHub Advanced Security checks.
- Engaged with a community of maintainers for shared learning and support.
- GitHub's program provided valuable resources and expertise to improve project security.
- Future plans include sharing more learnings and continuing to enhance security and maintenance.
GitHub - PowerShell/PowerShell: PowerShell for every system!
2 months ago
- PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration tool for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- This repository focuses on PowerShell 7.x and higher; issues for Windows PowerShell 5.1 should be reported via the Feedback Hub app.
- PowerShell supports structured data formats like JSON, CSV, and XML, and includes a command-line shell and scripting language.
- New users are encouraged to review the getting started documentation.
- PowerShell is supported on multiple platforms, and installation methods vary by platform.
- GitHub Discussions is used for community discussions unrelated to code, with the expectation that community members drive these discussions.
- The PowerShell community can be engaged via the PowerShell Virtual User Group.
- Contributors should start with the Contribution Guide and check the PowerShell-RFC repository for design proposals.
- PowerShell is licensed under the MIT license, and container images are now maintained by the .NET team.
- Telemetry, governance, security policies, and a code of conduct are documented for the project.
Show HN: Beehive – Multi-Workspace Agent Orchestrator
2 months ago
- Manage multiple GitHub repos in one window with instant switching.
- Full git clones on any branch, each in isolated directories to prevent interference.
- Real PTY sessions persist across workspace and repo switches, maintaining state.
- Launch CLI agents like Claude Code alongside terminals in a flexible grid layout.
- Duplicate workspaces including uncommitted work for safe experimentation.
- Sidebar updates dynamically when switching branches in the terminal.
- Link GitHub repos by URL; Beehive stores references and metadata.
- Clone repos to isolated directories on chosen branches.
- Work on multiple tasks simultaneously with side-by-side terminals and agents.
- Free and open-source; available for download or build from source.
Gnome GitLab Redirecting Some Git Traffic to GitHub for Reducing Costs
2 months ago
- GNOME is redirecting Git traffic from their GitLab to GitHub mirrors to reduce bandwidth costs.
- Users have reported issues with Git clones being redirected to GitHub instead of GNOME's official GitLab repositories.
- The change is intentional and aims to mitigate high data transfer costs.
- Andrea Veri mentioned monitoring costs in February and potential additional changes if needed.
- Sophie Herold confirmed the redirection as a cost-saving measure.
- This move contrasts with other open-source projects migrating away from GitHub due to AI training concerns.
Show HN: Punch card simulator and Fortran IV interpreter
2 months ago
- The interface shows a punchcard system with GitHub integration.
- There are currently no cards in the deck (0 cards).
- Total punched and disposed cards are both at 0.
- Execution options include IDLE, STEP, RUN, RESET, and SPEED (10 lines/sec).
- Card Viewer is available, showing Card 1 of 5.
- Program Library and LINE PRINTER OUTPUT are accessible, with status READY.
GitHub Is Having Issues
2 months ago
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Reputation Scores for GitHub Accounts

fman is now open source

DoNotNotify is now Open Source

GitHub Agentic Workflows

Intel Recently Shelved Numerous Open-Source Projects

It's not you; GitHub is down again

Another GitHub outage in the same day

Disruption with Some GitHub Services

The Missing GitHub Status Page

Welcome to the Eternal September of open source

AI bot crabby-rathbun is still polluting open source

Show HN: A reputation index from mitchellh's Vouch trust files

Show HN: GitHub "Lines Viewed" extension to keep you sane reviewing long AI PRs

If AI writes most of the code, understanding codebases becomes the bottleneck

Lessons learned from `oapi-codegen`'s time in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

GitHub - PowerShell/PowerShell: PowerShell for every system!

Show HN: Beehive – Multi-Workspace Agent Orchestrator

Gnome GitLab Redirecting Some Git Traffic to GitHub for Reducing Costs

Show HN: Punch card simulator and Fortran IV interpreter

GitHub Is Having Issues