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GitHub is now slowly turning into a Portfolio Website

by mindfreeze on 7/4/20, 3:02 PM with 11 comments

  • by michaelbrave on 7/4/20, 10:26 PM

    This is actually a nice feature that goes along with one of the common use cases. Since there are alternate git options I don't mind having things like this.
  • by klyrs on 7/4/20, 5:10 PM

    I think a lot of us use it as a professional portfolio. The interface is a little wierd (e.g. the github account networkx already has a networkx repo with extremely obvious reason), but overall I've wanted something similar. But omfg please don't be like fb and add a dating feature
  • by dpbriggs on 7/5/20, 12:08 AM

    Slowly? Isn't this a common use case?

    I've had interviews where they required my GitHub profile so we could discuss one of my projects in depth.

  • by nikivi on 7/4/20, 3:12 PM

    If they make it so that you have to 'unfold' it to see at least as an option, then I think it's a fine thing to add.

    You can easily share your favorite repos you made or projects you contribute to in there and in a way 'guide' new users to explore more of your work.

  • by t0mmel on 7/5/20, 1:01 AM

    It’s a nice feature you can choose to use if you want. I’ve often been asked about projects on my gh account, and it’s good to have this tools alongside a static website tool like Jekyll
  • by jpindar on 7/5/20, 12:22 AM

    Hmm, it's only visible to people who are logged in.
  • by juststeve on 7/5/20, 12:17 AM

    GitHub to merge with LinkedIn