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I Turned GitHub Contribution Graphs into an Animated Minecraft Tree 🌳

Eclipse 🍃 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:45:50 +0000

I made gh-tree — a GitHub Action that turns your GitHub activity into an animated Minecraft tree.

How it works

Fetches Your Stats: Uses GitHub's GraphQL API to pull your recent commits, pull requests, and PR reviews.
Generates Pixel Art: Dynamically maps stats to 14 leaf blocks, flowers, and apples rendered via WebAssembly (resvg-wasm).
Auto-Commits: Builds a transparent animated GIF and updates your README.md daily.
🍃 Leaves = Weekly commits (drives foliage greenness)
🌸 Flowers = Open PRs
🍎 Red Apples = Merged PRs
🍏✨ Golden Apples = PR Reviews & Assigned PRs

💝 Quick Links

📖 Full Setup & Options: How do I Setup
🛒 GitHub Marketplace: Minecraft Commit Tree on Marketplace

Thank you for reading and using my Github Action,
Muah❤️,

Have a great day ahead 🐳

From a Broken Dependabot PR to Building My First CI Dev Tool

Eclipse 🍃 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:46:24 +0000

How a Broken Dependabot PR Inspired Me to Build "Syncmydep"

I was merging a routine pull request from Dependabot when my GitHub Actions workflow suddenly threw a red build error:

At first, I was confused. Everything looked fine in the PR diff, but after some debugging, I realized what happened: Dependabot had updated my package.json, but package-lock.json failed to sync properly. As a result, npm ci crashed during the CI run due to mismatched lockfile integrity.

After resolving the mismatch manually, I went back to building new features for my TUI Portfolio Website. But midway through coding, a thought hit me:

What if there was an automated tool that detects lockfile drift, syncs package.json with package-lock.json, and opens a pull request automatically?

My first reaction was to brush it off, thinking it might be overly complicated to automate. But curiosity took over. I started researching GitHub Actions workflows, lockfile regeneration commands, and automated branch commits. Turns out, it wasn’t just possible—it was surprisingly clean to build.

A few days of building later, Syncmydep was born. 🚀

What is Syncmydep?

Syncmydep is an automated GitHub Action designed to eliminate CI crashes caused by out-of-sync dependencies and lockfile drift.

Instead of waiting for npm ci or your build pipeline to fail, Syncmydep detects manifest changes, runs fast lockfile updates, handles vulnerability fixes, and keeps your branch clean.

✨ What It Can Do

🔄 Multi-Package Manager Sync: Out-of-the-box support for npm, pnpm, yarn (v1 & Berry v2–v4), bun, and deno.
🛡️ Vulnerability Remediation: Runs automated security audit fixes (audit fix) to patch known vulnerabilities.
🏢 Monorepo & Ghost Lockfile Cleanup: Detects Turborepo, Nx, Lerna, and pnpm workspaces, and purges rogue nested lockfiles that break hoisting.
💬 ChatOps Workflow: Comment syncdep on any open PR to trigger an immediate sync and push directly to that branch.
🚦 CI Gating: Run in check-only: true mode to catch out-of-sync manifests before merging.
🐳 Multi-Arch Docker Ready: Run anywhere via the official ghcr.io container (amd64 and Apple Silicon arm64).

Key Takeaways from Building It

Always challenge your "impossible" ideas: A minor developer friction point you face every day is often shared by thousands of other engineers.
Automate the manual chores: If a CI workflow fails for a predictable, deterministic reason (like lockfile drift), the fix should be automated too.

💝 Showcase

🪅 GitHub Action

My GitHub Action Supports this .

🐳 Docker Action Local

This is used for check-only CI verification mode.

Let's Make It Better Together! 🤝

Syncmydep is open-source, and I'd love your feedback, feature ideas, and contributions.

Check out the repo on GitHub: Syncmydep
Check out my Astro-Tui-Portfolio: Click me
Try it in your workflows, drop a star ⭐ if you find it helpful, or open an issue/PR!

Muah 🤍,

Bye bye .

Meet OrbitCI: The Autonomous AI PR Assistant Powered by Google Gemini 🤖✨

Eclipse 🍃 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:34:07 +0000

Hey everyone! 👋

I built OrbitCI, an open-source workflow that brings Google Gemini directly into your GitHub Pull Request comments.

Why OrbitCI?

Stop switching tabs to paste code into AI chats. OrbitCI lets you interact with Gemini natively inside PR threads:

Interactive: Tag @OrbitCI in PR comments to review code, spot bugs, or request refactors.
Context-Aware: Analyzes full PR diffs with Google Gemini.
Containerized: Plugs straight into your existing GitHub CI workflow.

Get Started

Check out the code, star the repo, or contribute here:

👉 GitHub: OrbitCi

Disclaimer: Independent open-source project, not affiliated with Google LLC.

I Built a Retro CRT Terminal Portfolio (TUI) with Astro.js v5 & Tailwind CSS

Eclipse 🍃 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:15:35 +0000

Hey everyone! I just open-sourced astro-tui-portfolio, a retro terminal-inspired portfolio template built with Astro.js v5 & Tailwind CSS v4.

Features:

Interactive bash-like CLI + Visual GUI Dashboard
5 CRT Phosphor color themes (Green, Amber, Cyan, Dracula, Mono)
Web Audio API sound synthesizer
HTML5 Canvas Matrix Rain overlay

Feel free to check out the repo and use it for your own portfolio:

👉 GitHub: https://github.com/nivinvysakh/astro-tui-portfolio

Let me know your thoughts or feedback! ⭐

Build your own Discord Chat GPT Bot.

Eclipse 🍃 — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:08:24 +0000

Are you looking to create a Discord bot that can interact with users using natural language processing? Then, you're in luck! In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to create a Discord bot and integrate it with OpenAI.

Step 1: Create a Discord Bot
The first step is to create a Discord bot. You can create a bot by following the official Discord Developer Portal documentation. Once you have created a bot, you will receive a token that you will need to use in your code.

Step 2: Install Dependencies
To use OpenAI in your bot, you will need to install the openai Python package. You can install it using pip:

pip install openai

You will also need to install the discord.py package to interact with the Discord API:

pip install discord.py

Step 3: Create a Python Script
Next, create a Python script that will handle the bot's logic. Here's a sample script that responds to user messages using OpenAI:

import discord
import openai
from discord.ext import commands

openai.api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')

@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'{bot.user.name} has connected to Discord!')

@bot.event
async def on_message(message):
    if message.author == bot.user:
        return

    response = openai.Completion.create(
        engine="davinci",
        prompt=message.content,
        max_tokens=60
    )

    await message.channel.send(response.choices[0].text)

bot.run("YOUR_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN")

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your OpenAI API key and YOUR_DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN with your Discord bot token.

Step 4: Run the Bot
To run the bot, save the Python script as bot.py and run the following command in your terminal:

python bot.py

This will start the bot and connect it to your Discord server.

Step 5: Test the Bot
Finally, test the bot by sending a message on your Discord server. The bot should respond with a message generated by OpenAI.

That's it! You have successfully created a Discord bot that can interact with users using OpenAI. With this powerful combination, you can create a bot that can answer questions, provide recommendations, and much more.