Codemaxxed
350M+ LOC and a GitHub cease and desist
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Built this code art project as a commentary on the recent wave of using LOC as a primary measure of engineering productivityIt's now up to 350M lines of useless (but hopefully funny) code, constantly growing using GitHub actions and https://github.com/jshchnz/codemaxxingUnfortunately, GitHub has now sent me a notice to remove the repo within the next 14 days, so enjoy it while you can
HN · launched Apr 17, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: mock and synthetic data generators · 28 launches, 1 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a joke/art project using simple GitHub Actions scripts to generate massive amounts of dummy code and push commits.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 343 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #306 of 344 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 168 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Claude Code's Source Code Got Leaked, Let's Talk About It · hn · 2026-03-31 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- git-lrc · hn · 2026-06-16 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- GhostBox · hn · 2026-05-01 · 126 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- No AI · hn · 2026-04-24 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- GitComment · github · 2026-09-22 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- I tried to reverse engineer Claude Code usage limits · hn · 2026-03-26 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.42
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