--- title: Best bigboxSWE posts — August 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted bigboxSWE posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of/2025/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of/2025/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best bigboxSWE posts — August 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted bigboxSWE posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of bigboxSWE — August 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/the-dark-side-of-github-jjcbgz1ed "The Dark Side of GitHub") Video bigboxSWE · 1y The Dark Side of GitHub An investigation into the underground economy of fake GitHub engagement, including services that sell artificial stars, followers, forks, and entire accounts. The content explores different tiers of fake engagement, from cheap anonymous accounts to premium services using legitimate profiles, and examines motivations like impressing investors, recruiters, and establishing credibility for potential security exploits. Detection tools like Astronomer can identify fake engagement, but the practice highlights how even technical platforms remain vulnerable to manipulation and social engineering. 106 21 [See all bigboxSWE archives](/sources/bigboxswe/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of/2025/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of/2025/08","name":"Best bigboxSWE Posts — August 2025","description":"The most upvoted bigboxSWE posts from August 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of/2025/08#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-dark-side-of-github-jjcbgz1ed","name":"The Dark Side of GitHub"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"bigboxSWE","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bigboxswe/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2025"}]}]} ```