I didn't realize the importance of the badge until my friend shared a video of this. Feels pretty good knowing that my code is going to be stored for like 1000 years 😇
I thought everyone gets it, as an encouragement during the covid period... now I checked again and found it's something else, lol. No matter what, happy to get a badge! (I wonder what's in the "more" section because I won't archive that one page svelte hacker news repo....
Ha ha, thank you so much, Annie, for your comment about my post and image! I knew I'd made a boo-boo so I quickly deleted and tried again - and finally got it right! Looks like my old version still appeared a few places, but hopefully, that'll peter out soon. But thanks for speaking up!!
I never applied for the program, wasnt even aware of it, but still i received the message :"You contributed code to the 2020 GitHub Archive Program and now have a badge for it. Thank you for being part of the program!" I find this very suspicious. I really hated it when Microsoft acquired GitHub. I wish GitHub remained fully independent; now with these data hungry companies that want to track spy and know everything what can we expect. Microsoft bought GitHub that bought in turn NPM, I really dont feel at ease with all that.
They gave the badge to everyone who contributed to any open source project, even if it's your own repos. But in the badge they only mention the top 3 starred repos you contributed to, so eh, it's nice to have I guess.
Btw, does anyone know if there's a way to see the full list of projects that have been included? As a contributor to several open-source projects, I'd like to see the full list instead of a generic "and more".
Considering my little contribution to open source, still I got the badge :D
Most of my Repo's are related to embedded system programs (like Arduino and RPi)
Very cool that they're looking to preserve all this code for the next 1000 years (at least!). If anyone wants to read about it: archiveprogram.github.com/
"GitHub Inc. said today it has delivered a copy of all of the open-source software code stored on its website to a data repository at the Arctic World Archive, which is a very long-term archival facility buried 250 meters deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain." "(...), it will store its code in an archive called the GitHub Arctic Code Vault, which it says has been built to last for a thousand years."
Yep, I'm in it! That is such a cool idea. I just wish I could get some of my newer stuff in there. Ah well, they're bound to update it eventually, right?
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For the first time in my life, I feel like I'm sitting with the cool kids at the lunch table :D

What a time to be alive.
Thanks for sharing! Didn't know about the badge

Hey,
Can we still contribute to this github program.
I think this selection was taken in February 2020, but they might archive more repos later, who knows?
They might do it again later. This program already began its journey to arctic with over 21TB of repository data.
Yes :)
Nice!
Oh my goodness I'm so glad you wrote this - was WONDERING! Also, Nick, your responses to folks are HILARIOUS - those may be my favorite part!
Thanks and congrats! Here's some fried chicken care of Loki.
TOO GOOD, love this!
Wew
Noice!
Our codes in arctic? 😱
Yup !
Here it is.

Nice!
I've been badged.
Oh my goodness I'm so glad you wrote this - was WONDERING! Also, Nick, your responses to folks are HILARIOUS - those may be my favorite part!
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I didn't realize the importance of the badge until my friend shared a video of this. Feels pretty good knowing that my code is going to be stored for like 1000 years 😇
This is the repo: github.com/ChintuKarthi/data_store...
Would like to know that can we still contribute for it.
No idea. Checkout github.com or a quick Google to see.
Yess
It looks like I am!

And now I'm a GH sponsor as well 😁
I'm in!!
That is so cool, thanks for pointing it out @nickytonline .
Hey nice profile pic 🤣
i.imgur.com/t5MvbAE.png
except dev doesn't want to embed my image 😡
Apparently I am. I think it orders the repositories by stars or something, so
forem/forem
is not on there 😢Yes! Including my contributions to forem/forem...
You're in!
I thought everyone gets it, as an encouragement during the covid period... now I checked again and found it's something else, lol. No matter what, happy to get a badge! (I wonder what's in the "more" section because I won't archive that one page svelte hacker news repo....

Ha ha, thank you so much, Annie, for your comment about my post and image! I knew I'd made a boo-boo so I quickly deleted and tried again - and finally got it right! Looks like my old version still appeared a few places, but hopefully, that'll peter out soon. But thanks for speaking up!!
yeah I saw that... then I deleted my comment too lol.
Congrats!
I made it! All I did was remove some urls from documentation. (domains had expired, and the new owner redirected them to adult content).
Yep! github.com/gautamkrishnar

😮 WoW
I made it but just a quiz app with lots of bad code.
🤗 My NuGet Packages: ToolBox and Colorify going to 🥶
I never applied for the program, wasnt even aware of it, but still i received the message :"You contributed code to the 2020 GitHub Archive Program and now have a badge for it. Thank you for being part of the program!" I find this very suspicious. I really hated it when Microsoft acquired GitHub. I wish GitHub remained fully independent; now with these data hungry companies that want to track spy and know everything what can we expect. Microsoft bought GitHub that bought in turn NPM, I really dont feel at ease with all that.
They gave the badge to everyone who contributed to any open source project, even if it's your own repos. But in the badge they only mention the top 3 starred repos you contributed to, so eh, it's nice to have I guess.
I needed some good news. I didn't expect this good of news, though.

I'll take it - seriously, this made my day.
I'm there too :)
Btw, does anyone know if there's a way to see the full list of projects that have been included? As a contributor to several open-source projects, I'd like to see the full list instead of a generic "and more".
Considering my little contribution to open source, still I got the badge :D
Most of my Repo's are related to embedded system programs (like Arduino and RPi)
Thanks for sharing, didn't know about it.
Yes :)

I've been awarded for this repos: doublespeakgames/adarkroom, cydrobolt/polr, miniflux/miniflux and more...
Yes :)
Really neat to be part of this!
Very cool that they're looking to preserve all this code for the next 1000 years (at least!). If anyone wants to read about it: archiveprogram.github.com/
Yes, I just saw this badge on my profile. Thanks for sharing. Good job guys!

Yeah! And of course with contribution to Forem 🤗💚
But why Arctic? I couldn't understand the reason behind this naming. I am part of it too.
It’s because they are literally storing it in the Arctic. ❄️⛄️
Come on. Lol.
Woow, my learning journey with Apache kafka well be documented for next generations !!

Such a great Honour :D
siliconangle.com
WOW!!!

Oh wow, I forgot about the Arctic Vault thing.
Nice
Apparently my code is also important... 🤣
Yes ❄️🥶
Yea
Yeah!
:)
You're in!
Got mine too.
Yes! Just saw I was added.

I did! 🎉
Thanks for pointing it out.
Wow, surprisingly I have!
Yeah :)
To my surprise, I am!
I wonder what the and more repos are though.
🤔
What are these "and more repos"...
Made it :)
You're in!
Who knew fixing the grammar in a README.md would result in badge!.. I'm in!
Just a friendly reminder folks...
Any contribution to Open Source is valuable
Nick Taylor (he/him) ・ Jan 22 '19 ・ 2 min read
Yep, I'm in it! That is such a cool idea. I just wish I could get some of my newer stuff in there. Ah well, they're bound to update it eventually, right?
Arctic Code Vault 2.0 😉
Got the cool badge too!
I am in! forem 🌱 I see you 👀
Yep
You're in!
I am in! 😀 Didn't even know I was going to be till the prompt appeared.

Awesome!
Nice!