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Probably created via a script that just repeatedly checked https://api.github.com/repositories/999999999 until it showed up, and then created a new repository. Since repositories can be modified, could have even given it some buffer and created a bunch of repos, just delete the ones that don't get the right number. [append] Looking at the author's other repo created yesterday, I'm betting "yep" was supposed to be the magic number, and "shit" was an admission of missing the mark.

Does anyone remember D666666 from Facebook? It was a massive codemod; the author used a technique similar to this one to get that particular number.




Or...not. Why are you assuming this guy purposely grabbed the repo?


Mostly just to share an approach to solving the "problem" of getting memorable numbers from a pool of sequential IDs.

But given that this user doesn't have activity very often, and created two repositories as the number was getting close, it feels likely that it was deliberate. I could be wrong!


You solved the mystery!


Empty repo, so yes




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