[the_mitsuhiko]

> Is it uncommon to do some free software work in your spare time?

No. But life for many people consists of more things than just software development.

[sotojuan]

Yeah but... how does GitHub streak encourage people who don't want to do open source/for fun projects to do it?

Seems like it only encourages people who want to do programming outside of work.

We've already concluded that no one cares about your streak except yourself.

[emodendroket]

It's clearly encouraging that and it creates subtle pressure to do it when all your peers are.