DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

Some unusual activity · 29%

Total stars 164,627 · created 2026-06-12 · JavaScript · AI & LLM
Recent star rate (sample) 1032.2/day → estimated real growth 736.6/day

Sampled stars per day

max 2710/day2026-08-19: 6572026-08-20: 7212026-08-21: 7502026-08-22: 7042026-08-23: 7032026-08-24: 9612026-08-25: 14472026-08-26: 15582026-08-27: 13882026-08-28: 12182026-08-29: 9052026-08-30: 10362026-08-31: 12712026-09-01: 14902026-09-02: 19052026-09-03: 16722026-09-04: 27102026-09-05: 16622026-09-06: 16202026-09-07: 14352026-09-08: 12292026-09-09: 12752026-09-10: 12892026-09-11: 9502026-09-12: 7982026-09-13: 8352026-09-14: 11052026-09-15: 9602026-09-16: 10512026-09-17: 8662026-09-18: 6252026-09-19: 5332026-09-20: 6142026-09-21: 6462026-09-22: 6932026-09-23: 6002026-09-24: 4822026-09-25: 4822026-09-26: 5182026-09-27: 4612026-09-28: 6932026-09-29: 6992026-09-30: 10932026-10-01: 13912026-10-02: 12742026-10-03: 17582026-10-04: 14372026-10-05: 9972026-10-06: 8682026-10-07: 8692026-10-08: 11982026-10-09: 10412026-10-10: 8182026-10-11: 7172026-10-12: 7832026-10-13: 9552026-10-14: 8942026-10-15: 8422026-10-16: 02026-10-17: 02026-08-192026-10-17

Based on 164630 stars across the privacy-safe star-history window.

Signals

Stars on burst days (≥5× recent median / ≥200, or ≥10k): 0%
Stargazers with very recently created accounts: 29%
Sampled stargazers with low-activity profiles: 28%

An unusual pattern can have innocent causes (launch on Hacker News, a viral post, a classroom). This is not a finding of wrongdoing. Maintainer? Send context or a correction.