new post: unnecessary-github-eye-candy

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While futzing around a bit yesterday, I came across a GitHub profile which showed a purple "snake" eating its way through the user's contributions grid. I laughed at how unnecessary this was, and then promptly set about adding it to my own profile page.
=> https://github.com/jbowdre jbowdre on GitHub
=> /res/2024-03-28-github-profile.png Profile screenshot
It turned out to be really easy to do, thanks to the snk action from Platane:
=> https://github.com/Platane/snk Platane/snk on GitHub
Here's the workflow I worked up to implement it on my page:
```.github/workflows/snek.yml
name: mek snek
on:
schedule:
- cron: "0 */12 * * *"
workflow_dispatch:
push:
branches:
- main
jobs:
snek:
permissions:
contents: write
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 5
steps:
- name: checkout den
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: generate snek
uses: Platane/snk@v3
with:
github_user_name: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
outputs: |
res/light-snek.svg
res/dark-snek.svg?palette=github-dark
res/light-snek.gif
res/dark-snek.gif?palette=github-dark
- name: save snek
uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v4
with:
commit_message: 'mek snek'
file_pattern: 'res/*.svg res/*.gif'
```
And then just insert it to my readme like so:
```readme.md
<picture>
<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbowdre/jbowdre/main/res/dark-snek.svg">
<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbowdre/jbowdre/main/res/light-snek.svg">
<img alt="github contribution grid snake animation" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jbowdre/jbowdre/main/res/light-snek.svg">
</picture>
_distracting eye candy courtesy of [Platane/snk](https://github.com/Platane/snk)_
```
So unnecessary, but I'm *so* entertained.
=> https://github.com/jbowdre/jbowdre jbowdre/jbowdre on GitHub

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id: "urn:uuid:a8ab88f3-c528-43bd-820a-ab0c87850725"
title: "Unnecessary GitHub Profile Eye Candy"
published: "2024-03-28T08:49:48-05:00"
updated: "2024-03-28T08:49:48-05:00"
summary: |-
Adding a splash of completely unnecessary eye candy to my GitHub profile for my own amusement.

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