From 1dd6b4a30e67e43a6acc2c32abedc3498c11d316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prad Nukala <prad@sonr.io>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:31:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs(docs): replace external shields with local generated
 images and reorganize README layout

---
 README.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a93ae27..69a2e12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-<p align="center">
-  <img alt="header" src="https://shieldcn.dev/header/gradient.svg?title=Prad+Nukala&amp;subtitle=Engineer+and+Founder+building+decentralized+identity+infrastructure.&amp;logo=https%3A%2F%2Fpradnukala.com%2Favatar.png&amp;logoColor=556a8d&amp;size=wide&amp;mode=dark&amp;font=geist-mono" />
-</p>
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="./assets/generated/galaxy-header.svg" width="850" alt="Galaxy Header"/>
+</div>
+
+<br/>
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="./assets/generated/stats-card.svg" width="850" alt="Mission Telemetry"/>
+</div>
+
+<br/>
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="./assets/generated/tech-stack.svg" width="850" alt="Tech Stack"/>
+</div>
+
+<br/>
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="./assets/generated/projects-constellation.svg" width="850" alt="Featured Projects"/>
+</div>
+
+<br/>
+
+## About Me
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://x.com/basedprad"><img alt="Custom badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=ri%3APiXLogo" /></a>
@@ -11,7 +33,6 @@
   <a href="https://pradnukala.com"><img alt="badge" src="https://shieldcn.dev/badge/.svg?variant=outline&amp;size=default&amp;logo=lu%3AGlobe" /></a>
 </p>
 
-## About Me
 
 I help shape the open standards behind user-owned identity as a working-group member at the W3C ([DIDs](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/did/former-participants/), WebAuthn, [WebAssembly](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/wasm/former-participants/)) and the Decentralized Identity Foundation (UCAN, DWN). I've been shipping software since age 12 — three apps with over 1M downloads, technical writing read 120k+ times, and bylines in Fast Company.