177 Days of GitHub

My streak lasted 14 days. It was sadly broken because github used US time and my commit late night(Indian time) and the next day morning was grouped to the same day(US Day) :(.

k-mcgrady2• 13 years ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6389019

aram2• 13 years ago

Thanks for the link. I just checked and both URLs are the same - how come that mine was accepted as well?

k-mcgrady2• 13 years ago

I'm not sure but I think that after a certain number of days links can be submitted again.

ryanseys• 13 years ago

I'm the author (not OP). I'm glad to see so much love for this post! :) If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them here, on my blog, or email me at ryan@ryanseys.com

ryanlitalien• 13 years ago

Thanks for the inspiration. After reading your post, I'm now on a current streak of 30 days and am using the "don't break the chain" philosophy for things other than coding.

ck2• 13 years ago

We need a "random acts of code".

jsoo4• 13 years ago

Number of days worked is mostly irrelevant. Ass-in-seat mentality is the road to mediocrity.

ggreer2• 13 years ago

It would be fun if GitHub let me include private repositories in my public stats. Not everyone works solely on open source software, and the leaked information isn't particularly sensitive.

If you count private repos, my streak is getting rather ridiculous. 307 days so far: http://geoff.greer.fm/images/github_streak.png

zsiciarz• 13 years ago

284 days in my streak, only public repos. https://github.com/zsiciarz

GhotiFish• 13 years ago

...

mmm hm.

your graph looks similar to the authors. Huge sprawling areas of meaningless changes, punctuated by actual work, which more or less was consistent throughout history.

Do you feel this is a meaningful metric?

LoonyPandora• 13 years ago

I totally agree about the private repo thing. In fact I emailed them and they added to their Feature Request List™

I suggest you email <support@github.com> to let them know more than one person would like the feature :)

seniorsassycat• 13 years ago

I didn't realise github didn't show private activity until after bragging to a friend about my thirty day streak, only to realise he only saw a four day streak.

turshija• 13 years ago

Then it would be much easier to "cheat" the streak thingy, just make private repo and a script to make and push a XXX number of commits, each one with different timestamp and random data inside.

yaph• 13 years ago

You can even "cheat" the streak to look cool https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

olliesaunders• 13 years ago

Is this healthy?

ggreer2• 13 years ago

I think so. There's a big difference between coding every day and coding all day. Sometimes I only get one or two commits in. I spend the rest of my time running, rock climbing, reading, and socializing. Not having a TV or Netflix subscription really helps my productivity.

Also, I want to write software. If I didn't, doing it every day would take phenomenal willpower.

KyeRussell• 13 years ago

I went through the guy's history and found a fair few BS commits. Quantity is not at all quality. This entire commit epenis measurement thing is ridiculous.

peterkelly• 13 years ago

You should aim for quality, not quantity.

31reasons• 13 years ago

exactly, you can commit every time you add new method but that doesn't count.

brickcap• 13 years ago

True but with source control there is a maxim

"Commit early and commit often"

Griever• 13 years ago

Just hit day 50! I think GitHub could really do some awesome things with that little contribution grid. And yes, having private repo's show as green-blocks is kinda crucial imo. I recently had a potential employer take a look at my account and mentioned how I have only made "a few" commits to my GitHub repos when I had stated that I am constantly working on stuff.

blt• 13 years ago

Man, I like coding, but not enough to do it for 177 straight days. Life should get in the way sometimes.

mgraczyk• 13 years ago

This is pretty silly. I make contributions to my dotfiles repository almost every day, but I don't think that's a good thing. It just means I still haven't gotten my setup right.

I am far more proud of commits that solve blocking issues for other people than I am of the plethora of minor changes and additions to personal projects.

biosx• 13 years ago

Agreed. At first, I was excited because I thought the author contributed to open source projects for 177 days straight.

However, after learning that many of the commits were to his personal website, my enthusiasm quickly faded.

Number of commits is a vanity metric.

mfkp• 13 years ago

Longest streak I know of - my friend Mahmoud is up to 297 days (for public projects): https://github.com/mahmoud

karangoeluw• 13 years ago

My 130-day current streak: https://github.com/thekarangoel/

chrismcb• 13 years ago

This has to be the stupidest reason to make a commit "to keep some stupid streak going." Commit because you've made a decent change, not because you haven't committed in the last 24 hours.

177 Days of GitHub

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