Developers offered $10,000 to sell human-written code repos, likely for AI training data
rudrank · x · 2026-10-28
Developer Rudrank received an offer paying $10,000 (₹10 lakh) for human-created code repositories: 100k+ lines, 100+ commits, 2+ contributors, 6+ months' history — or 5k+ lines with 100+ commits and 100+ PRs — with authors retaining ownership. He jokes about funding an iPhone Duo and new MacBook, and plans to test with his 5k-line pre-LLM MusadoraKit. The offer signals growing demand for authentic human-written training data.
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