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    Gmailtail – Command-line tool to monitor Gmail messages and output them as JSON

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    143 points c4pt0r | 11 comments | 03 Jul 25 00:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.861s | source | bottom
    1. love2read ◴[03 Jul 25 05:15 UTC] No.44451846[source]▶
    What tool makes these readme’s for new github repos that are bulletpointed lists with features, always prefixed by an emoji?
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    2. maximevalette ◴[03 Jul 25 05:17 UTC] No.44451864[source]▶
    Basically any LLM
    3. yapyap ◴[03 Jul 25 06:25 UTC] No.44452208[source]▶
    AI, I presume (but I’m not sure) that the code “agent” they are using creates it.
    4. bravesoul2 ◴[03 Jul 25 07:35 UTC] No.44452573[source]▶
    Tool is an insult when applied to a human...
    5. diggan ◴[03 Jul 25 09:21 UTC] No.44453176[source]▶
    Not specifically about readmes/GitHub repos, but I've noticed some LLMs like Sonnet and GPT4.1 are really enthusiastic about doing emoji-prefixed lists for some reason.
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    6. dewey ◴[03 Jul 25 10:33 UTC] No.44453583[source]▶
    Trained on too many JS libraries.
    7. sunrunner ◴[03 Jul 25 12:28 UTC] No.44454306[source]▶
    I think this trend has been around for a while now (it started to become more noticable for me at least a couple of years ago).

    At first there seemed to be a correlation between how 'cool' the project was and the number of emoji, but now it seems like it's as expected as just having a README itself.

    I've definitely seen _more_ decorated READMEs, and I can't help but feel like there's an inverse correlation between emoji count and readability.

    8. username135 ◴[03 Jul 25 14:42 UTC] No.44455574[source]▶
    When ever I see tons of emojis in a list/faq/readme I first think of LLM output.
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    9. jdironman ◴[04 Jul 25 03:28 UTC] No.44460934[source]▶
    I do as well when I see:

    # Code Comments Every Few Lines

    10. aritrogh ◴[04 Jul 25 11:08 UTC] No.44463450[source]▶
    Not necessarily a helpful thing, In fact I think that we were to use this to create dynamic prompts then it increases exponentially
    11. vanrohan ◴[04 Jul 25 11:55 UTC] No.44463743[source]▶
    It's probably LLM generated. Adding a fun/cool factor to the project. I created a Chrome Extension where you can "emojify" any text with a right-click. https://emoji-bot.com