https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.00431/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11404823urn:hackerpapers:mention:1603.00431:11404823Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:07:10 GMT<p>I did think it was an April Fools joke at first. (Oh, how we&#x27;ve all been trained). But I got to thinking about the recent paper that was done analyzing contributions to repos on github [1] and thought that of that actual 10% of active users, there might be some with unhealthy tendencies. I don&#x27;t think that the contribution graph should be removed but I can see how it would be a net-negative to someone with those unhealthy tendencies. [1] http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.00431</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.00431/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.PLhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11395134urn:hackerpapers:submission:1603.00431:11395134Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:13:28 GMT<p>On GitHub’s Programming Languages</p><p></p><p>77 points; 38 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.00431/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.PL