Now that everyone is using the special repository on github that makes your account stand out, let's make the most out of it.

Profile hit counter by jwenjian

page_id is your github username and since it is a special repo having your username page.id is also your username.

![visitors](https://visitor-badge.glitch.me/badge?page_id=page.id) 

Custom badges by shields.io

You can show off your talents and skills, the even support JSON parsing so you can display some amazing dynamic parameters and stats.
For example I want to show number of followers on my github

https://api.github.com/users/peopledrivemecrazy this url returns

{ "login": "peopledrivemecrazy", "id": 3922469, ..., "followers": 11, //this is what I need "following": 2, "created_at": "2013-03-20T15:55:56Z", "updated_at": "2020-07-13T09:20:50Z" } 

This has followers we can query with https://shields.io/ (scroll down a bit and you will find dynamic)
So I would use

More stats by @anuraghazra

Adding more dynamic features by @dylburger

Show your most recent DEV post on your Github profile with Pipedream

Dylan J. Sather ・ Jul 12 '20

#github #pipedream #meta #tutorial

Lastly, if you are actively posting on dev and want a quick template to your profile please check my post

DEV to Github profile assistant

Shriji ・ Jul 11 '20

#javascript #svelte #github

You could combine all the above and make a beautiful profile on github.

Thanks for reading, here is the doggo tax

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