[aleph_minus_one]

> So the author was purposefully trying to do the most extreme thing they could to see how git/GitHub act/break.

This is Hacker News. Hacking is about using, in particular, technology in surprising ways that were not intended by the creators.

[jstummbillig]

No harm, no foul, because, what, it says "Hacker" in the title? I don't know, are we 12?

The reason that hacking is even a thing: It's actually possible to break things in a responsible, non-destructive way (in contrast to most things in the physical world).

If we skip the responsible part, we are just... breaking things and incurring costs. Why should that be okay?

[csiegert]

It’s GitHub, not HackerHub. That the story is reported on Hacker News is irrelevant.

[aleph_minus_one]

But I would expect a different sentiment of comments on a site called Hacker News.

[ThrowawayR2]

That it's being scoffed at on Hacker News ought to tell you how uncreative and trifling it is. It's a script kiddie stunt not remotely worthy of being considered actual hacking.

[ASalazarMX]

This is Hacker News after all, not Hack-The-World News.