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GitHub's downtime as a FreeBSD entropy source.

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GITHUB · launched Sep 22, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 59%) · 1 view

Niche: specialized algorithms and computing libraries · 230 launches, 4 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Partial While querying GitHub's status API is trivial, integrating it properly as an entropy source into the FreeBSD operating system kernel requires low-level C and OS kernel development knowledge.

What it would actually take: The system requires writing a FreeBSD kernel module or userspace daemon interacting with `/dev/random` via `ioctl` or kernel entropy harvesting hooks (`random_harvest_fast`/`random_harvest_direct`). It needs a reliable network stack to query GitHub status/downtime events, transform timing jitters into high-entropy seeds, and pass cryptographic entropy health tests (NIST SP 800-90B).

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 3517 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #2018 of 3518 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 328 days after the earliest competitor.

  • awesome-jev-projects · github · 2026-09-18 · 371 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • trunkcms · github · 2026-09-30 · 47 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • gitbolt · github · 2026-10-05 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • Rickub · hn · 2026-09-18 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • fleet · github · 2026-10-09 · 97 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • walgithub · github · 2026-09-25 · 90 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Ghist · hn · 2026-02-24 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Hazzel · hn · 2026-09-09 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.57

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