Super sorry to the guy with the username reset on GitHub

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  • gitlab

  • There's a similar issue on gitlab : https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/255108.

  • big-list-of-naughty-strings

    The Big List of Naughty Strings is a list of strings which have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data.

  • Sounds like we need to use the Big List Of Naughty Strings to weed out troublesome usernames...

    https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • reserved-usernames

    590+ usernames in this dictionary! A list of reserved usernames to prevent url collision with resource paths. This repository hosts the list in multiple formats like JSON, CSV, SQL and plain text. You can use its just download its by wget.

  • reset is in this useful list of reserved usernames:

    https://github.com/shouldbee/reserved-usernames

  • zig

    General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

  • Happens a lot with Zig's builtin functions: See https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues?q=is%3Aissue+mentions%... for example

  • DEFLATE-library-Java

    Efficient DEFLATE compressor and decompressor in pure Java.

  • I had a heart attack because I talked about Java's @Override annotation in my Git commit comments, but GitHub displays them as the user @OverRide. e.g. https://github.com/nayuki/DEFLATE-library-Java/commit/ee01de... , https://github.com/OverRide

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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