[nearmuse]

If to "look" means to verify the existence of things in it and to skim the code for style etc without even running it, then yes.

Many people have these repos with a fork of some opensource project with like 2 commits in it, or something not parting too far from a template project. I am not saying this does not qualify - because those commits might be useful or insightful, or merely sufficient to solve a problem - but they are way too easy to fake.

[VectorLock]

They're not even easier to fake. You could spread out these commits over time with each commit just being the next iteration from chatGPT. I'd bet sooner rather than later someone will offer this as a service.

Most first line screens/recruiters aren't going to do much more than skim code and aren't going to run it. Best case scenario now your recruiting pipeline is inflated with more poor candidates. Worst case scenario they're not one step closer to bamboozling their way to a job they're not qualified for.