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look up real names of github accounts

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, javascript
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Inspect the repository's JavaScript entry point and the existing shoutout-generation flow first, then determine how GitHub profile data is obtained and verify that provided real names are used while missing names fall back to usernames.

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Description

Currently I open all github profile pages manually to see if the user provided their real username and use that in the shoutouts. If no name is provided, fallback to username

Dominant language
JavaScript
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2
Forks
0
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