How to Select & Structure Your Pinned GitHub Repositories

The 6-Pin Formula for Engineers

Rather than pinning random repos, select 6 projects that cover different aspects of engineering:

1. Flagship Web Application: Full-stack deployed project with user auth and database backend.
2. Open Source Library / Utility: An npm package, Python module, or CLI tool you published.
3. System / Infrastructure Project: Microservice, Docker setup, or API gateway demonstrating backend architecture.
4. Technical Deep Dive / Experiment: Performance benchmark, WebAssembly experiment, or algorithm implementation.
5. Collaborative / Team Project: Project showing multi-contributor git workflow.
6. Your Profile README Repo itself: Pin your username repo to show you maintain your landing page.