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title: "Comment by Chris Bongers on \"Search GitHub instead of Stackoverflow when in trouble\" | Hashnode"
description: "I only search GitHub for APIKEY people forget to remove from public packages... No all jokes aside, GitHub is a valuable source, even if you go through closed i"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c)

Comment [Search GitHub instead of Stackoverflow when in trouble](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c)

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)

[Sep 9, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c/comment/5f58dbeb7ac9f835ff9bc08d)

I only search GitHub for APIKEY people forget to remove from public packages...

No all jokes aside, GitHub is a valuable source, even if you go through closed issues on a repo.

[Peter Thaleikis](https://hashnode.com/@spekulatius)

[Sep 9, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c/comment/5f58dbeb7ac9f835ff9bc08d#reply-5f58f0d77ac9f835ff9bc192)

There are even numerous tools for this purpose... E.g. [https://github.com/mattyjones/gitrob](https://github.com/mattyjones/gitrob)

[Bruno Raljic](https://hashnode.com/@brunor)

[Sep 11, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c/comment/5f58dbeb7ac9f835ff9bc08d#reply-5f5b223a8caae04fa643d7a3)

[Peter Thaleikis](https://hashnode.com/@spekulatius)

Thanks for sharing

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips) yeah, closed issues are also valid source

[Peter Thaleikis](https://hashnode.com/@spekulatius)

[Sep 11, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/search-github-instead-of-stackoverflow-when-in-trouble/5f58c5a1ffbb8f35dd030c3c/comment/5f58dbeb7ac9f835ff9bc08d#reply-5f5b4baa1f75694fab53f172)

I kinda started looking more into infosec, quite an interesting area [Bruno Raljic](https://hashnode.com/@brunor)