Why would any company want coding data now? It's all garbage. I'd be surprised i...

consumer451 · 2026-08-21T02:44:41

Me personally, I would like to own the world's code.

The richest man in the world is interested in this dataset as well.

inigyou · 2026-08-21T12:54:54

There's nothing special about code here - if you can own the world's $X for any X, you win capitalism.

consumer451 · 2026-08-25T00:12:41

Let me add one more reply here.

Even if I accepted that given the new repos: all the new code = "It's all garbage." - I would certainly love to be in a position to observe the new code + metadata = software trends, as software eats the remaining world.