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Built to explore live portfolio data visualisation; cut because topic counts vary too much between accounts to style consistently.\n\n## Demo\n\n![Preview of topic visualisation](./src/public/img/preview.png)\n\n## Tech stack\n\n- **Frontend**: D3.js, Bootstrap\n- **Backend**: Express\n- **API**: GitHub REST API via `@octokit/core`\n\n## Installation\n\n1. Clone the repository and install dependencies:\n\n   ```bash\n   git clone https://github.com/Karl-Horning/github-api-with-d3.git\n   cd github-api-with-d3\n   npm install\n   ```\n\n2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.\n3. 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