> “I'm GitHub user 1299, joined Feb 2008,”

How do you find out what "github user #" you are?

esterly 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

`curl https://api.github.com/users/YOUR_USER_HERE` then look for the id in the payload. "id": 2851

	▲	Vinnl an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Huh. Looks like my account is only two months younger. I'm not nearly as emotionally attached to GH though.

Xiol 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Huh, I'm in the late 150000's. I was genuinely expecting it to be in the millions.

zparky 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

go to a profile and open image in new tab, the URL is /u/# (im # ~4 million!)

d4mi3n 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It shows up in API responses when you look up your own user.