Dev Tools · 7h ago
Dev builds self-healing GitHub Trending API with four fallback sources
A developer created Hydra, a self-healing API for GitHub trending data that uses four independent sources to stay up when GitHub's page is down. The API stores historical snapshots every 15 minutes, enabling endpoints for new stars, dropped repos, and star velocity. It uses circuit breakers to route around failed sources and serves cached data when all sources are down.
Meridian48 take
Clever engineering, but the API's reliance on scraping and third-party mirrors means it's only as reliable as its weakest source — and GitHub could shut it down at any time.
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