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Ahmed Zougari
Ahmed Zougari

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How to customize your Github profile

Having a cool Github README adds a unique taste to your profile, it’s like a quick resume to present yourself, what you do, your skills...

How to do it ?

When you create a repository with your username and an add a README file GitHub shows the preview on your profile

Github message

now if you already know markdown languages you can start editing it by yourself.
If not, don’t worry I have across an amazing tool to do that for you.
ProfileMe.dev
Really fast and easy way to customize your profile. you just need to fill out the inputs and in the end, you copy the code. That's it!

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  • I would like to share also this tool readme.so for readme-files in general. it's come with multiple templates if you want to make documentation for your projects.

  • For inspiration, I found this cool repository containing lists of GitHub profile readme
    awesome-github-profile-readme.

  • If you want to dive more there is a free course for that
    HOW TO CUSTOMISE YOUR GITHUB PROFILE.

Thank you for reading.

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