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So the author was purposefully trying to do the most extreme thing they could to see how git/GitHub act/break.

I don’t blame GH at all.

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> So the author was purposefully trying to do the most extreme thing they could to see how git/GitHub act/break.

This is Hacker News. Hacking is about using, in particular, technology in surprising ways that were not intended by the creators.

No harm, no foul, because, what, it says "Hacker" in the title? I don't know, are we 12?

The reason that hacking is even a thing: It's actually possible to break things in a responsible, non-destructive way (in contrast to most things in the physical world).

If we skip the responsible part, we are just... breaking things and incurring costs. Why should that be okay?

It’s GitHub, not HackerHub. That the story is reported on Hacker News is irrelevant.

But I would expect a different sentiment of comments on a site called Hacker News.

That it's being scoffed at on Hacker News ought to tell you how uncreative and trifling it is. It's a script kiddie stunt not remotely worthy of being considered actual hacking.

This is Hacker News after all, not Hack-The-World News.

> I don’t blame GH at all.

I don't really see anyone blaming GitHub, not even the original post, I'm not sure why all the responses here are insinuating that?

This is why we can’t have nice things.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a33j5a/a-redditor-archived-n...

Yes.

And used Github actions to do the (infinite loop?) compute.

So basically this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzb6uf0U0k

Video showing Simpsons going to an 'all you can eat' and staying until after closing time still gobbling down food without end, owner has homer thrown out.