DigitalDNA
- 3 Devlogs
- 7 Total hours
Devlog #3.0 - GitHub Genome
Today’s focus was turning the GitHub Genome analyzer into a real feature by connecting it to GitHub’s API and generating meaningful genome reports from live repo data.
What’s New
- Connected the GitHub Genome analyzer to GitHub’s public REST API.
- Added support for both full GitHub repo URLs and owner/ repo input.
- Retrieved live repo info including metadata, languages, README, and other stats.
- Created a Genome Health score based on multiple repo metrics.
It’s completely functional and shows real data now!
Devlog #2.0 - Real Data Integration
The focus was making Website Genome analyze real websites instead of faking random data.
What I worked on -
- Tried the Google PageSpeeds Insights, but the Cloud Console setup was too much friction.
- Switched to Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory API instead. No key required, returns a real security grade and score.
const endpoint = 'https://observatory-api.mdn.mozilla.net/api/v2/scan?host=' + hostname;
const response = await fetch(endpoint, { method: 'POST' });
const data = await response.json();
- Added Google’s DNS-over-HTTPS API for extra real data (IP Address, Nameservers, Mail Server, DNSSEC Status)
- Rebuilt the genes around this real data - Header Security, Test Coverage, DNSSEC, and Mail Security
Website Genome now runs on real, live data. Next up is doing the similar thing for GitHub Genome.
Devlog #1.0 - DigitalDNA [Project Setup]
For this project, I wanted to make something familiar like analyzing a website or a piece of code, and look at it through a different lens. That’s where the idea for DigitalDNA came from.
DigitalDNA is a web application that analyzes digital creations through the metaphor of DNA sequencing. Instead of analyzing biological DNA, it sequences websites, GitHub repos, and source code to generate a ‘genome’ report showing genes, mutations, species, and overall genome health. Think of it as the DNA finder of a website, GitHub repo, or code.
What I’ve done so far -
- Planned and designed the overall DigitalDNA concept
- Created the homepage and project structure
- Designed dedicated analysis pages for - GitHub repos, website urls, and code.
