My reaction as well -- I have a few dozen public repos of 100% human-written cod...

nickcw · 2026-03-25T20:56:31 1774472191

The first thing I do when I make a new repo is star it myself ;-)

cess11 · 2026-03-26T08:27:37 1774513657

Didn't know I could do that, I assumed it wouldn't be permitted.

This likely tripled the amount of stars I have.

Imustaskforhelp · 2026-03-25T21:04:07 1774472647

jrod87 · 2026-03-26T05:09:44 1774501784

I think this is best practice.

snthpy · 2026-03-26T04:39:01 1774499941

Half way there

bingemaker · 2026-03-26T10:17:26 1774520246

Tell me about it!

sleepybrett · 2026-03-25T22:05:49 1774476349

I have a few dozen org repos, of course none of them have stars, who stars their corporate repos?

blitzar · 2026-03-25T23:31:15 1774481475

> who stars their corporate repos?

workers on the management track

tclancy · 2026-03-26T02:44:24 1774493064

We need to have a talk about your pieces of flair.

red_admiral · 2026-03-26T10:42:03 1774521723

My private repos also have 0 stars!

(But I don't use AI on them.)

SegfaultSeagull · 2026-03-26T13:00:05 1774530005

Starring GitHub repos considered harmful.