[overfeed]

> ...that really isn't that hard.

Until the AI scrapers[1] come for you at 5k requests per second and you're doing operations in hard-mode.

1. Most forges have http pages for discoverability. I suppose one could hypothetically setup an ssh-only forge and statically generate a html site periodically, but this is already advanced ops for the average Github user

[gzread]

This isn't a real thing and if it ever becomes a thing you can sue them for DDOS and send Sam Altman to jail. AI scraping is in the realm of 1-5 requests per second, not 5000.

[NewJazz]

I wasn't proposing a full on forge, just a VM with a (key auth only) ssh server to push code to/from.

[RadiozRadioz]

fail2ban

[account42]

... is snakeoil in the era of (undeservedly) respected megacorporations operating botnets.