whois-vijay

Terminal profile of Vijay — Backend & Systems Engineer Interactive CLI with multiple modes, system diagrams, and GitHub integration

🚀 Quick Start

Run anywhere with npx:

npx whois-vijay

✨ Features

📱 Interactive Mode (Default)

Run without flags to get an interactive menu:

npx whois-vijay

Choose from:

• 🚀 Tech Stack & Skills - Complete technology overview
• 🏗️ System Architecture Diagrams - ASCII art of distributed systems
• 💭 Engineering Philosophy - Systems thinking & principles
• 📊 Full Profile + GitHub Stats - Everything with live GitHub data
• ⚡ Quick Overview - Fast summary

🎯 Command Flags

Run specific modes directly:

npx whois-vijay --short        # Quick overview
npx whois-vijay --tech         # Tech stack & skills
npx whois-vijay --systems      # System architecture diagrams
npx whois-vijay --philosophy   # Engineering philosophy
npx whois-vijay --full         # Complete profile + GitHub stats

🎨 What's Included

1. Animated ASCII Art - Gradient & animated title
2. Interactive Menus - Navigate through different sections
3. System Diagrams - Visual ASCII representations of:
   • Microservices architecture
   • AWS infrastructure
   • Message queue patterns
   • Data flow diagrams
4. GitHub Integration - Live stats from GitHub API
5. Loading Spinners - Smooth animations
6. Multiple Display Modes - Tech, Philosophy, Systems, Full
7. Philosophy Section - Engineering principles & mindset

🛠️ Local Development

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Test locally:

node bin/index.js

3. Link globally:

npm link
whois-vijay

4. Configure GitHub username (optional):
   • Edit bin/index.js
   • Find fetchGitHubStats("vijay-username")
   • Replace with your GitHub username

📦 Publishing to npm

1. Login to npm:

npm login

2. Update version (if republishing):

npm version patch

3. Publish:

npm publish

Note: If whois-vijay is taken, try:

• whois-vijay-dev
• whois-vijay-systems
• @yourusername/whois-vijay (scoped package)

🎯 What You'll Experience

Interactive Mode

• Gradient animated title
• Menu-driven navigation
• Smooth transitions
• Loading animations
• Multiple exploration paths

Tech Mode

• Complete tech stack breakdown
• Categorized by: Backend, Messaging, Cloud, Databases, Observability
• Animated display with icons

Systems Mode

• Microservices Architecture - Service mesh, load balancers, Kafka
• AWS Infrastructure - WAF, ALB, ECS, RDS
• Message Queue Patterns - Producer/Consumer with DLQ

Philosophy Mode

• 6 core engineering principles
• Animated rainbow display
• Systems thinking approach
• Reliability-first mindset

Full Mode

• Everything combined
• Live GitHub statistics
• Complete profile
• System diagrams

🧰 Tech Stack

• Node.js (ES Modules)
• chalk - Terminal colors
• boxen - Terminal boxes
• figlet - ASCII art
• inquirer - Interactive prompts
• nanospinner - Loading spinners
• commander - CLI argument parsing
• axios - GitHub API calls
• gradient-string - Gradient text
• chalk-animation - Animated text

🎭 Examples

# Interactive mode (recommended first experience)
npx whois-vijay

# Quick check
npx whois-vijay --short

# See the architecture thinking
npx whois-vijay --systems

# Understand the philosophy
npx whois-vijay --philosophy

# Get everything + GitHub stats
npx whois-vijay --full

🚀 Advanced Usage

Chain with other commands:

npx whois-vijay --short && npm init

Use in CI/CD pipelines to show developer info:

npx whois-vijay --tech > TECH_STACK.txt

📝 Customization

Fork and customize:

1. Update the profile data in bin/index.js
2. Modify ASCII diagrams in systemDiagrams object
3. Add your own sections to displayModes
4. Change colors and styling
5. Add your GitHub username for stats

Systems thinking meets developer branding 🚀 v2.0 - Now with full interactivity!