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Having a nice looking Github profile is a huge plus for getting freelance work and introducing yourself to the world. On top of that, it doesn't take much work to set one up because there are numerous tools that you can make use of to have a snazzy profile without much effort. Recently, I took the time to actually put together a nice looking profile and thought I would share some of the things I learned. Let's take a look at 3 basic parts of a profile.
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Capsule Render
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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social-icons
Collection of SVG & PNG social media icons. Embeddable Social Icons, Use directly on your websites.
And give people a way to get a hold of you or find out more about you. Personally, I posted links to my Twitter, Dev.to, and LinkedIn. I feel like that gives people 3 very different ways to get a hold of me, depending on what they are looking for. Here is a useful repo that contains most of the main icons.
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I personally made an unordered bold list to title each of the categories of tools/language I use. After that, I added some badges of the key languages and tools that I feel like I have a decent amount experience with. There is a very handy list of shield.io badges with accompanying markdown available at this repo.
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You can find a few different stat widgets on anuraghazra's repo. They are fairly customizable and allow you to hide stats that may not be that flattering or could be misleading.
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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.