Building My Cyberpunk GitHub Profile README

ANJAPANDA CHINMAI SUKUMAR — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:09:37 +0000

A few days ago I randomly decided that my GitHub profile looked boring.

At first, I thought I'd just change a few things in the README and be done in 15 minutes.

That was a lie.

One thing led to another, and before I knew it I was generating SVG portraits, tweaking layouts, adding GitHub stats, fixing broken images, and setting up a snake animation that literally eats my commits.

I ended up going for a cyberpunk-style theme because it looked cool and honestly because I wanted my profile to feel a little different from the usual GitHub profiles you see everywhere.

The funniest part was probably setting up the snake animation. I thought it would take a few clicks, but I ended up learning how GitHub Actions work, creating workflow files, debugging random issues, and reading documentation I never planned on reading.

Some of the things I added:

A cyberpunk-themed README
A custom SVG portrait
GitHub stats and language cards
Social links
A contribution snake animation 🐍

Was any of this necessary?

Absolutely not.

Did I have fun doing it?

100%.

What I like about small projects like this is that they don't feel like studying. I wasn't sitting down thinking, "Today I will learn GitHub Actions." I just wanted a cool profile, and learning happened naturally while building it.

By the time I finished, I had learned more about GitHub customization, workflows, SVGs, and Markdown than I expected.

The profile is still far from finished, and I'll probably keep changing things whenever I discover something cool.

For now though, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

What's the coolest thing you've added to your GitHub profile?

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Building My Cyberpunk GitHub Profile README