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Show HN: I analyze your GitHub code and generate a developer personality card

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Re: Show HN: I analyze your GitHub code and generate a developer personality card

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Hi HN, I built this to answer a simple question: can you fingerprint a developer's style from their actual source code?

HowYouCode scans your public GitHub repos and analyzes real code patterns — naming conventions, function sizes, comment density, nesting depth, error handling, and branch complexity. No GitHub stats or metadata, just your actual code.

The result is a personality card with an archetype (like "The Clean Architect" or "The Pragmatic Hacker"), scores, and comparisons against the average.

No login required. Just enter any GitHub username and wait ~30 seconds.

Fun profiles to try: - torvalds (Linux kernel style) - antirez (Redis creator) - sindresorhus (npm legend) - ThePrimeagen

Tech: Vanilla JS frontend, Express backend, 5 GitHub PATs for rate limiting, server-side response cache. Runs on a single €6/mo VPS.

The scoring is opinionated — I'd love feedback on what metrics actually matter for "code quality" vs just "code style".

Source analysis, not star counting. That's the idea.