GitHub's contribution calendar gives you an already iconic overview of your activity over the year. Each day has a square, and its color changes with the contribution level. And of course, those days and contributions can also be arranged into buildings, with a week becoming a small part of a city and busier weeks adding height to the skyline.
I had some spare minutes and built Quarkus Contribution City around this idea, using Java and Quarkus to generate an SVG from GitHub's contribution data. The visual inspiration came from Pink Pixel's skyline, and you can see a version with my real data on my GitHub profile. A scheduled GitHub Action updates the image at night.
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