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Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Apr 21, 2022 · R&D Management

How a Mistake Cost HTTPie 54k GitHub Stars and What We Can Learn

The HTTPie project lost over 54,000 GitHub stars after its maintainer accidentally made the repository private, revealing shortcomings in GitHub's confirmation dialogs and backup policies, and prompting recommendations for better UI/UX and soft‑delete mechanisms to protect open‑source projects.

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How a Mistake Cost HTTPie 54k GitHub Stars and What We Can Learn
IT Services Circle
IT Services Circle
Apr 17, 2022 · Operations

How HTTPie's 54k+ GitHub Stars Vanished Overnight Due to an Accidental Private Conversion

The article recounts how the popular open‑source HTTP client HTTPie, which had amassed over 54,000 GitHub stars in ten years, lost all its stars in a single moment when its maintainer mistakenly set the repository to private, highlighting GitHub's irreversible star‑deletion policy and offering lessons for better repository UI/UX design.

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How HTTPie's 54k+ GitHub Stars Vanished Overnight Due to an Accidental Private Conversion