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   codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:16:24 JST codl

   i still dont understand the point of most shields.io badges.

   like, the one that shows the license as detected by github. whats the point. you could just type "License: MIT" into your readme. why are you making a github computer do a SELECT and a shields io computer do a json parsing for this

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:17:43 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @codl build status one is kind of funny when you're looking at a tarball, like cool an image link to something irrelevant
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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:17:44 JST codl

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     even the build status one is dubious in usefulness. is this meant for me, a random person who landed on your project? a green badge is not proof of quality software to me and a red badge is common enough that it also means nothing.

     i hope the people who might break the build use other ways to monitor whether the build is breaked than the little badge in the rendered version of the readme

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:17:54 JST codl

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     the big repology badge is so funny because it's so busy that i never actually read it but it's a big convenient target to click on to get to the actual repology page of a package

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:18:22 JST codl

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     also the code coverage badge. either it's at like 75% in which case im like "whatever", or it's at 100% in which case i'm like "you have committed mock crimes for this"

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     codl (codl@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 08:19:08 JST codl

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan yeah it's always funny when i see it appear on pypi

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