Using public GitHub code to find local talent (repo hunting) (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsscottmcdot22d ago3 comments

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I’ve been getting a lot unsolicited “hey, I saw your github” AI-generated emails lately; I appreciate your post for revealing the rent-seeking “talent-industry” middlemen behind this. I’ll go anonymize my github profile to hopefully reduce this - and I quote - “Unsolicited Commercial Email”.

Folks, this is how the death of SaaS is going to impact us; commercial interests are going to find every crack in your personal privacy into which they can wedge a vibe-coded automation.

scottmcdotOP21d ago

That's unfortunate to hear. This has allowed me to connect with talent that has otherwise not been given the opportunity to showcase their skills. At the scale I'm doing it it's pretty harmless but can see how it can be easily exploited.

threecheese21d ago

I’m jaded, and I shouldn’t let it show :)

One only needs to encounter a handful of bad actors to paint everyone with that brush - perhaps unfairly. Best of luck to you.

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threecheese21d ago

Folks, this is how the death of SaaS is going to impact us; commercial interests are going to find every crack in your personal privacy into which they can wedge a vibe-coded automation.

scottmcdotOP21d ago

threecheese21d ago

I’m jaded, and I shouldn’t let it show :)

One only needs to encounter a handful of bad actors to paint everyone with that brush - perhaps unfairly. Best of luck to you.

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