N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 20
🚨"Turn Dependabot Off" is the latest manifesto in the War on Bots, bravely leading the charge against the insidious tyranny of automatic updates. Because, why automate when you can perform manual, intricate, and error-prone tasks? 🤖🔫 Developers, rejoice in the nostalgic joy of doing things the hard way—because nothing says progress like regression! 🙃
https://words.filippo.io/dependabot/ #TurnDependabotOff #WarOnBots #ManualUpdates #DeveloperNostalgia #ProgressOrRegression #HackerNews #ngated
Turn Dependabot Off

I recommend turning Dependabot off and replacing it with a pair of scheduled GitHub Actions, one running govulncheck, and the other running CI against the latest version of your dependencies.

Technoholic.meJan 24, 2024
Elon Musk introduces 'user seconds' metric, a move in X's battle against bots. 🌟🚀 #ElonMusk #UserSeconds #WarOnBots https://us.technoholic.me/YdNBNzd
Elon Musk’s new ‘user seconds’ metric is another curious chapter in X’s war on bots

The swarms of bots plaguing X might seem as bad as ever. Measuring user engagement in seconds may make it tougher for bots to game the platform, but it won't...

AOL