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Anonynekotoday at 10:50 AM1 replyview on HN

For one, it makes your Github profile look more attractive to employers (superficially, at least).

Sometimes, I'd guess, it's also because your Github profile has some kind of an advertisement.


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Ekarostoday at 11:02 AM

That is one reason I believe. Being told that you need open source presence to be employed.

I think some people also like the feeling of being helpful. And they do not understand reality of LLM outputs. See comments posting AI generated summaries or answers to question. With no verification or critical checking themselves.