GitHub is the only resume that can't be faked

LinkedIn lets you list anything. A resume is an unverified document. But a GitHub profile is a timestamped, public record of what you actually built. Here's what to look for.

Commit consistency beats commit volume

Anyone can cram 500 commits into a weekend to green up their graph. What you want is steady contribution over months — that's evidence of real, sustained work. CloudScout plots GitHub activity over a rolling 90-day window so spikes are obvious.

Repo quality signals

Stars are a vanity metric. Instead look at: Does the repo have a README? Are issues being responded to? Are there external contributors, or is it a solo project with no traction? Forks are a better signal than stars — someone forked it to actually use it.

Language distribution reveals specialisation

A person claiming to be a "full-stack AI engineer" whose GitHub is 95% Jupyter notebooks is probably a data scientist, not an engineer. Language distribution across repos is a quick cross-check on claimed expertise.

What it can't tell you

GitHub doesn't capture private work, client work, or work done in other people's repos. Treat it as one layer of evidence alongside Twitter presence and personal site content — which is exactly how CloudScout combines them.