🎉 Celebrating 6 Years on GitHub: From "Hello World" to "Hello, Impact!" 🚀

March 4th, 2019 — A date I’ll never forget. That’s when I joined GitHub, armed with ZERO coding skills, endless curiosity, and a stubborn belief that “I’ll figure it out.” Fast-forward to today: 6 years of grit, growth, and glorious green squares! Let’s rewind this commit history and toast to the journey. 🌟

🌱 The Growth: From Blank Canvas to Code Canvas
In 2019, I was the “How do I even git clone?” newbie. Today?
✓ Repositories with purpose: From shaky scripts to tools others actually use, every project is a stepping stone.
✓ Skills unlocked: Python → Web dev → Cloud → DevOps. YouTube + caffeine + grit = progress. ☕
✓ Open-source glow-up: That first merged PR? Pure magic. Now, contributing feels like breathing.

🔥 The Journey: Bugs, Breakthroughs, & "Why Is This a 404?!" Nights
This wasn’t a linear git log. It was a rollercoaster:
→ 2019: Googling “how to exit Vim” 🥲… saves code in a Word doc by accident.
→ 2020: Built my first app (RIP to the 69 Stack Overflow tabs).
→ 2021: Shipped a tool that solved my problem—then realized it helped others.
→ 2022: Contributed to a major open-source project. Imposter syndrome met validation.
→ 2023-24: From “I’ll never understand DevOps” to “Let me automate that for you.”

Fun(ny) Fact: My earliest repos? Time capsules of cringe code. Growth means embracing the git rebase of life.

💡 More Than Code: The Heart of GitHub
This journey is about community:
✓ To the strangers who starred my repos: You fueled my drive.
✓ To the devs who reviewed my PRs: You taught me feedback is a gift.
✓ To open-source legends: You showed me code is better shared.

🚀 What’s Next? Building Louder, Bolder, and Together
✓ Ship imperfectly: Build in public, mistakes included.
✓ Scale impact: More tools, automation, and docs.
✓ Elevate others: Mentor, collaborate, pay it forward.

P.S. To my 2019 self: “You have no idea what you’re getting into… but trust me, it’s worth it.” 💙

To Anyone Starting Today:
Your future self will high-five you for every error conquered. Start messy. Stay relentless.

👉 Join the Adventure: github.com/iVGeek
✨ Star a repo, open an issue, or DM me—let’s keep this story epic.

Here’s to 6 years of code, chaos, and community—and to the next 6 rewriting the impossible. 🥂

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P.S. If you’ve ever interacted with my work—even silently—thank you. You’re part of this legacy. 🖤