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Discussion on: Should the Quality of GitHub Projects Be Evaluated by Their Star Count?

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Joe Zack

Most programmers don't have any (or any non-trivial) code in public, so it is a big bonus to see a programmer with a popular repository.

If nothing else, it's an indicator that the programmer...

  • identified a useful problem to solve, and solved it
  • identified a better way to solve a problem, and solved it
  • cared enough about a problem to solve it, communicate about it, and maintain a professional repo (readme, issues)