I’m surprised at the reaction in these comments. Somebody curiously pushing the limits of a service to see what would happen is very much in the spirit of all hackers. Meanwhile, GitHub responded appropriately, and his write up agrees.
1. Some HN users might/could have been personally inconvenienced by OP's action and they prefer resenting him rather than GitHub for whatever reason
2. Many HN users get paid a lot to work on SaaS themselves, so seeing a peer (however big it is) get abused for (what appears to be) entertainment is terrifying to them
I think this is exactly why it's great, and it's basically turned into a GitHub advertisement. Either GitHub is simply unable to handle weird abuse methods and/or the abuse prevention is improved.
As an enterprise, wouldn't it be a bit concerning if your git host was unable to function (or respond appropriately) when presented with a random script kiddie?
This person didn't have bad intentions, but other people out there most definitely do.
dont fuck with shit I use.