[ocdtrekkie]

I use the contribution graph and streak count to encourage me to keep working on a side project of mine. I don't do development for my job, and my side projects I regularly abandon.

Trying to use the GitHub streaks feature to encourage me to make at least a small commit to my side project every day has actually led to me getting much further on it and working much more on it than I ever expected. It keeps me looking at and going back to my code.

Yes, it's irrelevant and frivolous. Yes, it's easy to cheat on (if you feel like cheating yourself). But you can use it for good if you want to, and I'm glad it's there.