A GitHub user profile page can be a great place to show off what you’re interested in and what experience you might have.  Rather than presenting a wall of text, you can add colour and flair to the profile in various ways. One way to do this is to show badges of the programming languages, frameworks, and other technologies that you’re interested in.  This post shows how to add badges from the badge generator on Shields.io to your GitHub profile.

Lobsters is a community-driven platform for sharing and discussing links to articles, tutorials, and projects related to technology and programming. Readers can learn about a wide range of topics, from software development and system administration to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. With user submissions, comments, and voting, Lobsters provides a platform for collaborative learning and knowledge sharing among technology enthusiasts.

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Showcase your interests and skills on your GitHub profile by adding visually appealing badges with Shields.io. This post guides you through setting up your profile repository, creating various types of badges (dynamic and static), and adding them to your README file. Learn about alternative resources for logos and icons and get tips on linking badges to URLs for better interactivity.

Adding Shields.io badges to your GitHub profile

GitHub profiles: your own small corner of the internet

Linking to other sites from for-the-badge style badges

<p>How long till the comment section is just full of badges beside the usernames?</p>
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