--- title: "Is your GitHub empty?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-your-github-empty--sl1quafqh source_url: https://dev.to/techieeliot/is-your-github-empty-2gkh type: article source: "DEV" published: 2021-10-27T18:48:51.981Z updated: 2021-10-27T18:48:51.981Z tags: ["general-programming", "github"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 129 comments: 11 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is your GitHub empty? **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 2 min read · 129 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary Your lack of GitHub contributions does not necessarily indicate that you aren't good at coding, but it can be a wasted opportunity to confirm that you're passionate and good. To help change this, here are four ideas to contribute more to GitHub. There are many ways to contribute like forking a repo, making a pull request, reviewing code, etc. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@macdrien** · 3 upvotes > I'm not sure some of these pratices are really good :-/ > > Yes, you will have a Github Chart full with at least one commit per weekday. But is that the real goal? If I was a recruiter seeing this kind of chart during an interview, the first question I will ask is something like: > "That's a good chart. With all this activity, I guess contribute actively to a project for your own or a community. On which project to you contribute and what do you do on it?" > If the dev answer that he has is dairy on Github and he open issues, I will think he don't really work on Github... > > Nevertheless, other tips... **@loftwah** · 3 upvotes > GitHub is very close to being a replacement for a lot of social media requirements. I love it because I can social media with people I actually share interests with :) **@russelldsanders** · 2 upvotes > Not sure I like the idea proposed here of essentially having to "maintain" your github as if it's a social media presence.  Not to say that Github isn't a form of social media for some people; what I'm against is the idea that we should "maintain" any social media at all. Github is foremost a tool, and I don't find stat boosting my commits/issues holds any intrinsic value. Is there really a "game" that needs to be played here? **@jeronimowill** · 1 upvotes > Yes it is, what are we supposed to do? > Grind leetcode? Studying system design? Reading books? Build projects? Do actual work on our jobs? > > > Does anyone care about my crypto tracker or whatever toy project I have for applying my new knowledge? **@bdougie** · 0 upvotes > no sure, but checking ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-your-github-empty--sl1quafqh)