Good for GitHub. All companies need this. Some use it to improve products, some use it for less commendable goals. I know HN crowd is allergic to telemetry but if you've ever developed a software as a service, telemetry is indispensable.

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Banditoz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

GitHub CLI is not a SaaS. It's a commandline utility.

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xpe 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thinking out loud: what are the best practices to vet a tools' telemetry details? The devil is in the details.

A quick summary of my Claude-assisted research at the Gist below. Top of mind is some kind of trusted intermediary service with a vested interest in striking a definable middle ground that is good enough for both sides (users and product-builders)

Gist: WIP 31 minutes in still cookin'

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		Hey, please don't blindly paste/post from LLMs, please.

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isoprophlex 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

God forbid you talk to your users

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Citizen_Lame 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All AI bros are the same.

P.S. You look like villain from Temu.