What is this?
A community-curated GitHub collection of pictures showing anime girls holding programming books, sorted into folders by the book's subject. It has collected over 22,000 stars since 2017.
A community-curated GitHub collection of pictures showing anime girls holding programming books, sorted into folders by the book's subject. It has collected over 22,000 stars since 2017.Is this a program I can run, or just a gallery of images?There is no software here at all — it is just a repository of image files grouped by the programming subject of the book in each picture. You browse and download images; nothing gets installed or run.
There is no software here at all — it is just a repository of image files grouped by the programming subject of the book in each picture. You browse and download images; nothing gets installed or run.Can I add my own pictures to the collection?Yes, through a pull request: give the image a descriptive file name (e.g. NameNameBookBook.png) and place it in the folder matching the book's subject — or create a new folder if none fits, keeping the name simple.
Yes, through a pull request: give the image a descriptive file name (e.g. NameNameBookBook.png) and place it in the folder matching the book's subject — or create a new folder if none fits, keeping the name simple.Which images get rejected?Several hard rules: no NSFW images (GitHub Site Policy), nothing related to cryptocurrency or its technologies, and all characters must be female presenting.
Several hard rules: no NSFW images (GitHub Site Policy), nothing related to cryptocurrency or its technologies, and all characters must be female presenting.Why does the repo refuse AI-generated images?Because generating a bespoke picture whenever you want one defeats the purpose of maintaining a hand-cataloged collection, so the maintainers keep plain AI submissions out.
Because generating a bespoke picture whenever you want one defeats the purpose of maintaining a hand-cataloged collection, so the maintainers keep plain AI submissions out.Are AI-generated images ever accepted?Rarely: an image generated for some other purpose and then edited by hand to include a programming book may pass, and the final call comes down to the reviewer's personal aesthetic preference.
Rarely: an image generated for some other purpose and then edited by hand to include a programming book may pass, and the final call comes down to the reviewer's personal aesthetic preference.How popular is this collection?It has earned over 22,600 stars on GitHub since it was created in May 2017.
It has earned over 22,600 stars on GitHub since it was created in May 2017.What are similar projects?HelloGitHub, deepseek-whale-girl, ChineseBQB, awesome, hacker-scripts, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, meowmeowcatcam, wtfpython-cn
HelloGitHub, deepseek-whale-girl, ChineseBQB, awesome, hacker-scripts, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, meowmeowcatcam, wtfpython-cnWhich topics is it in?meme, illustration, gallery, images, fun, anime, art, books, image, community, collection, programming
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