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Show HN: Ghit.me – hit counter badges for GitHub
- fiatjaf 11y agoDoes it really work? Because https://camo.githubusercontent.com/61a470c896d89cc50b78b606b42c766d1afb0000/68747470733a2f2f676869742e6d652f62616467652e7376673f7265706f3d62656e77696c6265722f62617368696473 https://camo.githubusercontent.com/61a470c896d89cc50b78b606b... images on GitHub READMEs are cached by GitHub.
- fiatjaf 11y agoI guess refreshing the above link repeatedly answers the question: the images are not cached, just proxied through camo.githubusercontent.com.
- benwilber0 11y agoYeah Github's proxy [1] respects Cache-Control headers, so it will just pass through. [1]https://github.com/atmos/camo https://github.com/atmos/camo
- tomcam 11y ago...but why? I guess hit counters were cool in 1993 but Github has much more meaningful data there on display already: forks, stars, PRs, etc. Not sure how hit counters help?
- benwilber0 11y agoPeople like to see how many "hits" their stuff gets, especially in real time. Of course those other engagements are a lot more meaningful.