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Show HN: Generate a git repo to show a banner on your Github profile

40 points by mappum 12y ago

elwell 12y ago
Very clever.
thfc06 12y ago
dude this is sick
imkevinxu 12y ago
lol this is so pro. Wouldn't this break after a day when all the commits shift over one?
- mappum 12y ago
  It will take a week for that, and you only lose one column of pixels. If it still fits, you could prepend some spaces to your text to push it over a few months.
- stormbrew 12y ago
  Just make it a very very slow marquee.
usea 12y ago
Here are some similar tools I've used for this in the past: https://github.com/pikesley/pokrovsky https://github.com/pikesley/pokrovsky https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti
- alco 12y ago
  It strikes how every single one of these tools assume you have an empty contribution timeline to begin with.
fletchowns 12y ago
Gonna be really annoying if everybody has one of this things. What's wrong with, you know, the actual data about your github activities?
- mappum 12y ago
  I don't really expect anyone to keep theirs after the initial novelty has worn off, it was just a quick, fun thing for me to make. Hey, what happened to that flashing RGB thing with the catchy song on your website?
  - fletchowns 12y ago
    Yeah I would agree with that. Hopefully! As for the RGB thing, I am surprised you recognized my name! I had to take it down awhile ago at the request of the original author. He was fine with me having it up there as long as I credited him (by the time he saw it on there it had been up for like 10 years, originally I had no idea where it came from). I think he was nervous about a potential issue with the copyrighted music (it was a midi of the beverly hills cop theme).
    - mappum 12y ago
      It took me a second to remember where I knew your name from. :P I used to always tell people to go to your site, once we put it up on a giant projector at a LAN party until nobody could take it anymore.
piratebroadcast 12y ago
Im job hunting soon and lots of people will be looking at my github. Im not sure if this would be cool or not. On the fence.
- mappum 12y ago
  Make it say "HIRE ME!"
gjreda 12y ago
Commit history banner I appreciated: https://twitter.com/gjreda/status/432661964209143808/photo/1 https://twitter.com/gjreda/status/432661964209143808/photo/1
kbar13 12y ago
what happens if you have actual contributions, do they pollute the banner?
insensible 12y ago
Very, very cool. But I've got a small glitch. Mine shifts a day too early: https://github.com/replaid https://github.com/replaid Perhaps a time zone issue? Created this at 10pm Eastern time.
moron4hire 12y ago
So I guess most people have a blank activity grid and need something to fill it?

40 points by mappum 12y ago

elwell 12y ago

Very clever.

thfc06 12y ago

dude this is sick

imkevinxu 12y ago

lol this is so pro. Wouldn't this break after a day when all the commits shift over one?

mappum 12y ago
It will take a week for that, and you only lose one column of pixels. If it still fits, you could prepend some spaces to your text to push it over a few months.
stormbrew 12y ago
Just make it a very very slow marquee.

usea 12y ago

Here are some similar tools I've used for this in the past: https://github.com/pikesley/pokrovsky https://github.com/pikesley/pokrovsky https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti https://github.com/gelstudios/gitfiti

alco 12y ago
It strikes how every single one of these tools assume you have an empty contribution timeline to begin with.

fletchowns 12y ago

Gonna be really annoying if everybody has one of this things. What's wrong with, you know, the actual data about your github activities?

mappum 12y ago
I don't really expect anyone to keep theirs after the initial novelty has worn off, it was just a quick, fun thing for me to make. Hey, what happened to that flashing RGB thing with the catchy song on your website?
- fletchowns 12y ago
  Yeah I would agree with that. Hopefully! As for the RGB thing, I am surprised you recognized my name! I had to take it down awhile ago at the request of the original author. He was fine with me having it up there as long as I credited him (by the time he saw it on there it had been up for like 10 years, originally I had no idea where it came from). I think he was nervous about a potential issue with the copyrighted music (it was a midi of the beverly hills cop theme).
  - mappum 12y ago
    It took me a second to remember where I knew your name from. :P I used to always tell people to go to your site, once we put it up on a giant projector at a LAN party until nobody could take it anymore.

piratebroadcast 12y ago

Im job hunting soon and lots of people will be looking at my github. Im not sure if this would be cool or not. On the fence.

mappum 12y ago
Make it say "HIRE ME!"

gjreda 12y ago

Commit history banner I appreciated: https://twitter.com/gjreda/status/432661964209143808/photo/1 https://twitter.com/gjreda/status/432661964209143808/photo/1

kbar13 12y ago

what happens if you have actual contributions, do they pollute the banner?

insensible 12y ago

Very, very cool. But I've got a small glitch. Mine shifts a day too early: https://github.com/replaid https://github.com/replaid Perhaps a time zone issue? Created this at 10pm Eastern time.

moron4hire 12y ago

So I guess most people have a blank activity grid and need something to fill it?