6 Million Fake GitHub Stars Are Fueling a Shadow VC Pipeline
A CMU study found 6 million fake stars across 18,000 repos. Stars sell for $0.06 each, and VCs use them to source seed deals worth millions.
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A CMU study found 6 million fake stars across 18,000 repos. Stars sell for $0.06 each, and VCs use them to source seed deals worth millions.
Coolify is a free, self-hosted PaaS with 53,000 GitHub stars that replaces Vercel, Heroku, and Netlify for $0. Here's why developers are switching.
Cal.com closes its open-source codebase after 5 years, citing AI-driven vulnerability scanning. The community is split.