The best recruiting signal is often sitting in public GitHub data.
Today, we’re open sourcing the data layer we use to help founders recruit exceptional engineers.
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Powerset Research
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Joined January 2026
- We replicated the @SemiAnalysis_ estimate that ~4% of public GitHub commits are being authored by Claude Code. Moreover, this figure is growing exponentially.
- We dumped GitHub into DuckLake. Here’s what we found: • Growth rate of new repos doubled in 2025 • Microsoft leads Big Tech in repo creation, contrary to narrative the company is closed • a16z captured nearly as much OSS value as all other early-stage VCs combined More below
