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		maxpert on Nov 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be ent... Using GH issues as DB :P I wonder how long before GitHub will notice and shut it down for abuse.

khalilravanna on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

Prolly be fine unless for some reason a famous person used it to post a link that got millions of hits in a short time. Then, I would assume pretty quickly if GitHub tracks API use per key. Or maybe it’d just be throttled.

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