One really useful aspect of GitHub repos is that they allow us to host static websites thanks to GitHub Pages. But did you know that you can dynamically display all your GitHub repos on your website as well? In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to use that metadata to create a portfolio.

Following on from my previous article, I wanted to explore the idea of GitHub making a CMS. What would it be? How would it work? Why would they even do it? To break down this hypothetical concept, I’m going to use the Five Ws, otherwise known as “Who, What, Where, When and Why?”.

Have you ever thought: What’s the minimum I need in order to build a site? I’ve thought about it quite a bit. So much so, I like to test my theories out in personal projects; in this case, my own portfolio site. However, I might have taken it a bit too far...

A while ago I created a screencast series called ‘Baking Bread.li’, this was in preparation for a course for Tuts+ called ‘Building Websites with BaseKit’. In order to make the course I needed to get some equipment together.

I love GitHub Pages. So much so that I’ve created several websites using it. This site runs on it, and a few others. What I don’t love is setting up domain records. It’s up there with setting up email accounts and doing the dishes.