I Built a Bot to Automate My GitHub Commits and Fake My Way to a $500K Job — My weekend shenanigans

I Built a Bot to Fake My GitHub Activity and Land a $500K Job -- My Weekend Shenanigans

Motivation : I'm broke. I desperately need that $500k job. If you remember, there was that super viral tweet about someone landing a $500k job without an interview—just because they had a fully green GitHub commit history. That got me thinking.

Now, I’m a lazy guy, but I want that kind of money. Naturally, I checked the comments, and a bunch of people said, "Oh, you can just do this with a script." But guess what? No one actually shared one. That was disappointing.

So, I did what any self-respecting engineer would do—I built it myself. And because I’m such a generous person (debatable), I open-sourced it for everyone. Meet: The GitHub Auto-Committer

What does this project do?
This bot automatically commits to a private GitHub repo to keep your contribution graph fully green. It:

  1. Creates a private repo.
  2. Commits a sample Readme file.
  3. Runs a scheduled script (think of it like a cron job) every day at 12 AM JST to push a new commit.

And boom—your GitHub profile now looks like you code 24/7.

How does it work?

  1. You provide a GitHub Classic Token (with read/write access).
  2. I store it in a database (encrypted, of course).
  3. My script uses GitHub APIs to create the repo and commit on your behalf.

Is it safe to provide me with your token?
Yes and no. Let’s be real—you shouldn’t trust a random stranger on the internet. But here’s what I do:

  1. Your token is encrypted before storage.
  2. Even I cannot see your token directly.
  3. Though technically I know the encryption key and I could decrypt it - but believe me, I wont do so.

Bottom line: If you don’t trust me, fork the repo and run it yourself. That’s the beauty of open source.

Target Audience:

  1. Anyone who wants to look cool.
  2. Anyone who wants recruiters to think they code non-stop.
  3. Anyone who’s lazy but wants to appear productive.

Comparison with other tools:
I don’t know of any other tools like this. Maybe people have written scripts, but did they actually share them? Nope.

Relevant Links

Github URL : The Github Auto Committer Bot

Deployed Application URL : The Lazy Man Github

PS : I know not my best work in terms of coding practices but I will refactor it slowly. Meanwhile do check it out and let me know your feedback on this.

I just want to add one thing—I’m well aware that doing this won’t land anyone a job. For me, it’s purely a fun project. So, I’d kindly ask those reading this not to take it too seriously.