Want to add a fun and interactive touch to your GitHub profile? You can integrate a Pac-Man game into your contribution graph using GitHub Actions! This method automatically updates your profile every 24 hours with a Pac-Man animation that plays across your contributions. Here’s how to set it up:

A long time ago, I was having a conversation with my mother about my country Palestine. I told her that the situation would get worse. She said, “This is our life. It is our destiny to live this struggle and fight it. For that, we were born in this land. This is our test.”

Have you ever looked at your GitLab or GitHub contribution graph and thought, “This could be… more exciting?” I know I have. I wanted a fun and creative way to visualize my contributions, especially on GitLab, where I store all my private projects. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything online that did the trick.

While working on a project that involved building a massive video library, I ran into an interesting issue on mobile devices. On certain pages, we had short video previews that auto-played as soon as the user navigated to the page. While it worked perfectly on desktop browsers, mobile browsers kept forcing the videos into fullscreen mode as soon as they started playing.

Since last August, I’ve been working on an exciting freelancing project to rebuild and optimize a long-running customer website. The original website had performance issues, with slow loading speeds affecting user experience. My goal was not just to rebuild but to significantly improve the speed and efficiency of the site. Here’s how I approached it.