> Dan starred the repo, it gets on HN front-page You are partially right. I discovered the repo on 'trending on github' and that probably happened because 'Dan

> Dan starred the repo, it gets on HN front-page You are partially right. I discovered the repo on 'trending on github' and that probably happened because 'Dan starred the repo'. However, getting on HN front page is a mix of luck and opportunity. Before posting, I checked on Algolia (because most repos get trendy AFTER being on HN): few votes. Too relevant for that so I reposted it. Then got lucky.