> I used to throw every scrap of code onto GitHub in the vague hope of “sharing knowledge”

I looked at a random repo today, and used some of its (MIT licensed) code as a starting point.

It was an expo plugin for managing android key stores, I didn't need most of what it did, and I went a different direction in the remaining bits - but it still helped me do that quickly. That won't show up in any stats the author can see, but I appreciate their contribution