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This repository is a curated 'awesome' list of falsehoods programmers believe in. It is not a software application or data pipeline; it is a markdown-based collection of links to external articles, libraries, and resources organized by topic (dates, names, geography, etc.). The repository contains no executable code, no API endpoints, no CLI tools, and no data transformations. Its value lies in the curation and editorial quality of the links, along with a well-documented contribution guide and automated linting workflows (lychee for link checking, typos for spelling, awesome-lint for list formatting). The infrastructure includes GitHub Actions for autofix, autolock, docs, labels, and linting, all reused from a shared workflow repository (kdeldycke/repomatic). The pyproject.toml provides reusable configuration for link exclusion patterns and typo detection. While not a software project, the repository demonstrates high standards for maintaining a community-curated resource.
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Contains reusable configuration for lychee (link checker) and typos (spell checker). The lychee exclude list includes patterns for GitHub issue comments, release downloads, DOI redirects, and domains that block crawlers (archive.ph, sci-hub, x.com, medium.com, etc.). The typos configuration handles false positives for acronyms with lowercase suffixes (PNGs, PATCHed) and proper nouns (GitHub, iOS, macOS). This configuration can be extracted and reused in any markdown-heavy repository to maintain link health and spelling quality.
A comprehensive contribution guide that defines curation rules for the awesome list. It covers pull-request formatting, licensing markers (💸 for commercial, 🆓 for open-source), URL stability policies (archive fallbacks, domain exclusions), and editorial guidelines for item titles and descriptions. The guide also includes a FAQ section explaining why certain projects are rejected (open-core-heavy, inactivity, duplicate content). This document serves as a reusable template for any community-curated list project.