From 2f1ba2ba7a7f927c89354ce0cd2dee555048a603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Van Horn <455140+mvanhorn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:24:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add language-specific causes of death

---
 src/lib/scoring.ts | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/scoring.ts b/src/lib/scoring.ts
index 25cab40..1d963f2 100644
--- a/src/lib/scoring.ts
+++ b/src/lib/scoring.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,38 @@ export function determineCauseOfDeath(repo: RepoData): string {
       score: isJS && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
       cause: 'Lost in dependency hell',
     },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'php' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'Died of PHP fatigue',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'ruby' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'Gemfile.lock never unlocked',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'python' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'Pip froze, then everything else did',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'perl' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'Nobody could read it, including the author',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'java' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'OutOfMemoryError: human patience exceeded',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'go' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'if err != nil { give up }',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'rust' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'The borrow checker won',
+    },
+    {
+      score: repo.language?.toLowerCase() === 'c++' && daysSince > 365 ? 5 : 0,
+      cause: 'Segfaulted into the void',
+    },
     {
       score: descLower.includes('microservice') || descLower.includes('enterprise') ? 5 : 0,
       cause: 'Killed by overengineering',