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Ask HN: Is the GitHub pancake menu now a pancake emoji?

28 points by sac2171 2mo ago

Is this AI gone awry, someone having fun, an easter egg, or something else?

jonhollander 2mo ago
Yes
xdestino 2mo ago
haha literally why is it a pancake
jakswa 2mo ago
my guess: their new-ish "PR stacks" feature? edit: yes i bet it's https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-requests-are-now-in-public-preview/ https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-reques...
JenBarb 2mo ago
I would also love to know
meetpateltech 2mo ago
Looks like an easter egg for Stacked Pull Requests. https://gh.io/stacks https://gh.io/stacks
ldang 2mo ago
so cute
ROllerozxa 2mo ago
Apparently it is meant as an easter egg/announcement of the new stacked pull requests feature (https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/stacked-pull-requests https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/stacked-pul...), but with GitHub's gradual quality degradation and nothing denoting that in the tooltip it just looks like their icon font is malfunctioning.
crazylad 2mo ago
hungry for pancakes now
masenf 2mo ago
Relevant discussion https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/203497 https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/203497
BajajScooter 2mo ago
I always thought it was a hamburger
mmh0000 2mo ago
Oh man. I just assumed this was unchecked Microslop. It's funny when a brand doesn't realize how the public has started perceiving them and makes quite ironic choices that should have been caught well before they went to the public eye. My train of thought was: - LLMs way over-use emojis - Replacing a standard icon with a look-alike emoji was probably an LLM mistake - From a company that has been pushing sloppy AI hard. - Must be Microslop! They should have either used a custom picture that wouldn't be mistaken for slop, or they should have more clearly called out why they changed it. For me, even now that I know it is supposed to be an easter-egg, it just feel like slop.
- itswempo 2mo ago
  It changes per device cuz it is a emoji
ChrisArchitect 2mo ago
Discussion: Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112232

28 points by sac2171 2mo ago

Is this AI gone awry, someone having fun, an easter egg, or something else?

jonhollander 2mo ago

Yes

xdestino 2mo ago

haha literally why is it a pancake

jakswa 2mo ago

my guess: their new-ish "PR stacks" feature? edit: yes i bet it's https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-requests-are-now-in-public-preview/ https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-30-stacked-pull-reques...

JenBarb 2mo ago

I would also love to know

meetpateltech 2mo ago

Looks like an easter egg for Stacked Pull Requests. https://gh.io/stacks https://gh.io/stacks

ldang 2mo ago

so cute

ROllerozxa 2mo ago

Apparently it is meant as an easter egg/announcement of the new stacked pull requests feature (https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/stacked-pull-requests https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/stacked-pul...), but with GitHub's gradual quality degradation and nothing denoting that in the tooltip it just looks like their icon font is malfunctioning.

crazylad 2mo ago

hungry for pancakes now

masenf 2mo ago

Relevant discussion https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/203497 https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/203497

BajajScooter 2mo ago

I always thought it was a hamburger

mmh0000 2mo ago

Oh man. I just assumed this was unchecked Microslop. It's funny when a brand doesn't realize how the public has started perceiving them and makes quite ironic choices that should have been caught well before they went to the public eye. My train of thought was: - LLMs way over-use emojis - Replacing a standard icon with a look-alike emoji was probably an LLM mistake - From a company that has been pushing sloppy AI hard. - Must be Microslop! They should have either used a custom picture that wouldn't be mistaken for slop, or they should have more clearly called out why they changed it. For me, even now that I know it is supposed to be an easter-egg, it just feel like slop.

itswempo 2mo ago
It changes per device cuz it is a emoji

ChrisArchitect 2mo ago

Discussion: Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112232