Hacktoberfest drops PR leaderboard in shift toward real learning
jonmarkgo · x · 2026-10-08
A developer notes that Hacktoberfest has shifted this year away from a PR-count-based leaderboard toward genuine learning goals, expressing hope that the change will curb the culture of spammy, low-quality pull requests in open source.
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