positive-only developer recognition tool

#tooling #showdev #github #career

Hi all,

I'm writing about a tool I've built. It's called SpinnyLights.

In a nutshell, this thing produces positive-only recognition based on your public github activity. Like, all your public GitHub activity ever. It cites proof for the statements it makes, linking to GitHub issues/pull requests/commits/files/etc.

Here are some examples:

The slogan, "by consent" means you have control over your recognition visibility and other aspects. You approve before it goes live, and you can unpublish anytime. This separates SpinnyLights from other similar tools that don't gather consent.

The idea is to use your SpinnyLights recognition to:

show people what you've been up to.
Feel good about your accomplishments and journey.
submit as candidate-supplied material to job applications.
link recruiters to it and say "Here's what I've done"
another public URL to put into that "other remarks" box or that "website" field on job applications.

Am I selling to you? yes and no. There are three free recognitions available to whoever takes them each day. That limit resets each day. If you don't want to wait, you can pay $29.

I hope you all find it useful. I'd also appreciate any feedback that you have.

Visit the site and get your recognition:

https://spinnylights.com/

I look forward to seeing your SpinnyLights recognitions!

Thanks,
Wayne