# How we got 1500 GitHub stars in 1 week

DevFeed: [How we got 1500 GitHub stars in 1 week](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-got-1500-github-stars-in-1-week-17812.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/how-we-got-1500-stars>)

Author: Marcus Kohlberg

Published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [hacker-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hacker-news.md>)

## AI overview

A retrospective explains how Encore, a Go-based cloud development platform, launched publicly through a Hacker News post and gained 1,500 GitHub stars in one week. The authors attribute the response to community interest, meaningful feedback, and rapid replies to comments.

## Source excerpt

An overnight success 4 years in the making.