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Creating a Killer GitHub Profile README Part 1

Braydon Coyer on January 19, 2021

README's. You know, those markdown files that get created when you generate a new project or create a GitHub repository. Perhaps you're a developer...
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Danny Verpoort

Great article! I love the readme you're got there. I'm also going to be an ass and take the opportunity to shameless self-plug my open source project to help people even further with their markdown profile: markdownprofile.com/.

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Braydon Coyer

Lovely little tool! Thanks for sharing!

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Gurpreet Singh

Followed few rules though..
github.com/supersaiyane

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Braydon Coyer

I love the inset images you have throughout the README. It looks great!

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Gurpreet Singh

Thanks

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coffeesquirrel

Hey, I followed this guide, could anyone rate my README?

github.com/Freddson

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Braydon Coyer

I love the music widget you've incorporated! Great job!

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coffeesquirrel

Thank you!

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Braydon Coyer

Have you created a GitHub profile README? Let me know! I'd love to take a look!

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Rishit Khandelwal

Yeah, it is a bit outdated and also in WIP.
github.com/rishit-khandelwal

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Georgi Marokov • Edited

Hey Braydon. I got inspired from your portfolio! Can you checkout mine?
github.com/gmarokov
Btw the Visits Badge is broken :(

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Braydon Coyer

Looking great!
Love the skills section and how you're using the icons!

Yeah, I saw that the visits badge is broken. Not sure what's going on. :(

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Georgi Marokov • Edited

Here a few alternatives for the visitors badge:

![Profile views](https://gpvc.arturio.dev/gmarokov)
![](https://visitor-badge.glitch.me/badge?page_id=github.com/gmarokov)
![GMarokov profile view count](https://komarev.com/ghpvc/?username=gmarokov&color=brightgreen)
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Tesla

Nice if you wanna have inspiration with mine here it is github.com/0x11DFE

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Braydon Coyer

Very nice!

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Waylon Walker

I am using a netlify redirect to pin my latest post in my profile. In the future I might be pulling a few out of the feed.

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Marouane

Really interesting !

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RealToughCandy.io

Nice work on this guide.

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PatricNox

Nice guide!

Will surely do the blog post, but maybe tweets instead, some day.

Until then, I kept mine simple: github.com/patricnox

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Braydon Coyer

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

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skywarth

How about this one: github.com/skywarth

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Braydon Coyer

I like it! Great job!

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Shwetabh Shekhar

This is great. Thanks for sharing!

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Bruno • Edited

Following your insights bevilaquabruno

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Joel Buenrostro

Thanks for the tips