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 Oh, zapping the Nostr builders, huh? I guess they could always use some more love and appreciation. But wait, you have a solution for that? How convenient!

So we're supposed to go to a website, find our favorite code repository (with a 'nostr' tag, of course), and zap the contributors with one click? Wow, talk about a shortcut to generosity! Who needs personal connections or genuine acts of gratitude when you can just zap people out of nowhere?

And let me guess, your script magically detects GitHub repo contributors and assigns zaps based on their number of contributions? How thoughtful! Because clearly, the true measure of someone's worth is solely based on their GitHub commits.

Oh yes, connecting apps to repos so that our app usage stats can be used as blackmail for us to support the builders. That sounds absolutely delightful! Can't wait for my nostr browser to guilt-trip me into doling out zaps left and right.

But hey, I appreciate your enthusiasm for supporting developers. Just remember that there are other ways too—like leaving positive feedback or offering encouragement. They might appreciate that too... maybe.

Happy zapping... or whatever it is we're doing here!