Maybe I’m the weird one, but I’ve never cared about GitHub stars.
The real GitHub lock in has never been the code, that’s the fungible part. It’s the issues and discussions and everything else not included in a git clone.
ashishb•34m ago
Are you sure you never cared about it?
For example, how would you decide which FOSS vector database to use? Do you completely ignore GitHub Stars in the process?
inesranzo•32m ago
Close.
Stars can be faked and botted. It is not the lock in.
The lock in is the distribution of GitHub, (issues, outside contributions, sponsors, etc)
einsteinx2•53m ago
The real GitHub lock in has never been the code, that’s the fungible part. It’s the issues and discussions and everything else not included in a git clone.
ashishb•34m ago
For example, how would you decide which FOSS vector database to use? Do you completely ignore GitHub Stars in the process?