• GitHub Copilot exposes names in TODO comments https://twitter.com/aeolianeth/status/1579980661464895490 45 comments 11/10/2022
• Using docker in GitHub repo names is forbidden https://twitter.com/MacYET/status/775535642793086976 11 comments 13/9/2016
• Don't use “docker” in GitHub repo names or as Twitter handles https://www.andreas-jung.com/contents/dont-use-docker-in-github-repo-names-or-as-twitter-handle 5 comments 13/9/2016
• Show HN: Neural network trained to generate GitHub repository names http://colinmorris.github.io/rbm/repos/ 49 comments 2/8/2016
• Repokémon – Showcase of GitHub Repos with Pokémon Names https://cheeaun.github.io/repokemon/ 29 comments 15/7/2016
• Survey results: Developers name their top tools: GitHub, Heroku, & yes, Azure http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/06/developer-tools-index/ 3 comments 6/9/2013
• Someone named Kevin Rose forked Reddit on GitHub... http://github.com/kevinrose/diggit 2 comments 30/4/2010
• GitHub moving away from 'master' and 'slave' branch names amid racial tensions https://www.businessinsider.com/github-replacing-software-code-terms-master-slave-2020-6 9 comments 16/6/2020
• GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'main' https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1271253144442253312 86 comments 14/6/2020
• New GitHub repos to have default branches named “main” instead of “master” https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-main-starting-next-month/ 116 comments 20/9/2020

• Using docker in Github repo names is forbidden. https://twitter.com/macyet/status/775535642793086976 15 comments 13/9/2016 devops , law
• Maliciously crafted GitHub branch name embeds crypto miner into a released package https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/issues/18027 86 comments 6/12/2024 security

• NeXTstep source code leaked and now on Github -- not just the ROM as per the repo name https://github.com/johnsonjh/NeXTROM 2 comments 9/5/2023 vintageunix
• GitHub - gerardo-lijs/CrystalReportsRunner: Runner to allow the use of Crystal Reports in .NET Core using external process (in .NET Framework 4.8) and named pipes for communication https://github.com/gerardo-lijs/CrystalReportsRunner 5 comments 27/10/2022 dotnet
• GitHub - nreco/nlquery: Parser for end-user search-like queries and rule-based named entity recognition (NER) in context of tabular dataset schema. https://github.com/nreco/nlquery 2 comments 29/8/2022 dotnet
• What's the cost of renaming a project on Github? Being told the name sounds bad. Need I rename? https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch 10 comments 16/3/2022 opensource
• witty-phrase-generator: a default name generator seen as seen in github, wandb, and reddit usernames! https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/o6vqhl/wittyphrasegenerator_a_default_name_generator/ 4 comments 24/6/2021 rust
• GitHub, f*ck your name change. https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-de599033bbbe 107 comments 19/3/2021 programming
• GitHub, f*ck your name change. https://mooseyanon.medium.com/github-f-ck-your-name-change-de599033bbbe 374 comments 17/3/2021 programming
• Repository of C# Naming Conventions (ktaranov github) https://github.com/ktaranov/naming-convention/blob/master/c%23%20coding%20standards%20and%20naming%20conventions.md 12 comments 4/1/2021 csharp
• Video surveillance software tailored for detecting Uyghurs found on GitHub, authored by a company named Dahua Technology https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24960749 3 comments 3/11/2020 technology
• Someone created a petition to GitHub for preventing the master branch name change https://www.change.org/p/github-do-not-rename-the-default-branch-from-master-to-main 28 comments 16/6/2020 programming
• What's the name of the Github 404's page "animation"? https://github.com/pagenotfoundexample 3 comments 6/2/2020 webdev
• Notepad++'s new release named "Free Uyghur", triggering spam war in its Github Issues https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues 4 comments 30/10/2019 technology
• Getting the user/repo names for a GitHub project https://github.com/burdettelamar/markdown_helper 3 comments 23/4/2018 ruby
• (For college students) Github student developer pack: free domain name, DO/AWS credit, private repo's and more! https://education.github.com/pack 24 comments 10/4/2018 learnprogramming
• Updating a static generated site for a relative. How do I take over their domain name without damaging the current SEO? Okay to use Github Pages? https://help.github.com/articles/search-engine-optimization-for-github-pages/ 10 comments 10/9/2017 webdev
• I trained a neural network to generate GitHub repo names - the results are pretty amusing http://colinmorris.github.io/rbm/repos/ 141 comments 2/8/2016 programming
• OOPS... so a common name is an interesting thing on Github http://www.bookingbug.com/blog/2014/05/accidentally-access-secret-keys-nbcs-web-sites/ 86 comments 14/5/2014 sysadmin
• (Cool or lame?) GitHub - rms1000watt/kubenukem: Nuke all resources with a particular `*name*` in a particular `namespace` in Kubernetes https://github.com/rms1000watt/kubenukem 8 comments 29/11/2018 kubernetes
• PSA Warning: ‘ethereumproject’ is the official twitter name of the Ethereum Foundation, but ETC is using ‘ethereumproject’ as their github account!! These illegal trademark violations must stop!! https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/4y7jwp/psa_warning_ethereumproject_is_the_official/ 82 comments 17/8/2016 ethereum
• When naming your github repo, check the current list of porn movies to avoid DMCA complaints https://github.com/jezdez/django-constance/issues/89 488 comments 10/1/2015 programming
• [Stocker] Shoutout to @deryck_g1 for scraping and sharing NextGen Stats data on his github. So far in 2019, QBs that get rid of the ball quickly tend to get hit less often (we knew this), unless your name is Russell Wilson. https://twitter.com/AndrewStocker13/status/1174828715458650112?s=09 6 comments 20/9/2019 nfl
• Microsoft stole the name GVFS from the Gnome Virtual File System - This Github PR Could Use Some Comments on why that's not okay https://github.com/microsoft/gvfs/issues/70 5 comments 5/6/2018 linux
• [Discussion] What do package maintainers think about Github's decision to start using main instead of master as a branch name? https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/h94oiz/discussion_what_do_package_maintainers_think/ 102 comments 14/6/2020 linux
• Greg Maxwell on Github: "Please denounce untrue and defamatory claims being made in your projects name." · Issue #374 · BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited https://github.com/BitcoinUnlimited/BitcoinUnlimited/issues/374 3 comments 15/3/2017 btc
• [Feature request] [eslint-plugin-react-hooks] Naming convention to indicate hook return value does not change (and helper hooks to ensure it) · Issue #169 · reactjs/rfcs · GitHub https://github.com/reactjs/rfcs/issues/169 9 comments 12/6/2020 reactjs
• GitHub - johnkerl/miller: Miller is like awk, sed, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data such as CSV, TSV, and tabular JSON (repost) https://github.com/johnkerl/miller 11 comments 13/9/2018 commandline
• Carbide Alpha | A programming environment which Requires no installation or setup, Supports Javascript/ES2015, Imports modules automatically from NPM or GitHub & Saves and loads directly to and from Github Gists just to name a few. https://alpha.trycarbide.com/ 7 comments 25/8/2016 javascript
• New to JS or looking for a good resource to learn more? I’ve made a huge JS write-up on my GitHub going through everything from naming conventions to Promises! https://github.com/rforcier2/javascript_summary/blob/master/readme.md 12 comments 21/7/2019 javascript