Open Source Author With 32k Stars Claps Back: Star Count vs Real Apps Debate
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-28
A minor X spat: @tokenbender mocked that the other side should have shipped 2,000 useful apps by now; doodlestein countered that he has thousands of users across dozens of projects, 32k stars total, and about 100 new stars a day — a familiar open-source debate over star counts vs real applications.
Related event: AI Coding Boasts Spark X Spat Over '2,000 PRs a Month'(4 posts)→
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