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Discussion on: Should the Quality of GitHub Projects Be Evaluated by Their Star Count?

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ItsASine (Kayla) •

Especially since there was a bit about how recruiters look at stars. The vast majority of devs that have hobby githubs aren't going to be doing it for the stars!

I'd want to know if I'm hiring someone who writes good code when no one's watching rather than popular code with a lot of eyes on it.

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Joe Zack •

Most programmers don't have any (or any non-trivial) code in public, so it is a big bonus to see a programmer with a popular repository.

If nothing else, it's an indicator that the programmer...

  • identified a useful problem to solve, and solved it
  • identified a better way to solve a problem, and solved it
  • cared enough about a problem to solve it, communicate about it, and maintain a professional repo (readme, issues)