Arcs between collaborators — show connections on the globe

[sajeetharan]

Summary

Draw animated arcs between developers who contribute to the same repositories, showing the open-source collaboration network visually on the globe.

Why

Shows community connections, makes the globe feel alive, and reveals surprising collaboration patterns across continents.

Requirements

• Identify shared repos between developers in the dataset
• Draw arcs (using \�rcsData\ in react-globe.gl) between collaborators
• Arc color based on number of shared repos (thicker/brighter = more collaboration)
• Toggle on/off (can be heavy with many arcs)
• On hover of a developer, highlight only their collaboration arcs
• Limit to top 200-500 arcs to avoid performance issues

Tech Notes

• react-globe.gl supports \�rcsData, \�rcStartLat, \�rcEndLat, etc.
• Need to compute shared repos during the data pipeline
• Store as an adjacency list in a separate data file or Cosmos container
• Consider only showing arcs for the filtered/visible developer set