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-<div>
-  <h1>Hey It's Triston</h1>
-  <h3>I do things with code professionally</h3>
-  <p>My most used language is Python</p>
-</div>
+## Hey there <img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/hvRJCLFzcasrR4ia7z/giphy.gif" width="25px"> ![](https://komarev.com/ghpvc/?username=Tarmstrong95&label=Profile%20views&color=0e75b6&style=flat)
+
+<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhisheknaiidu/">
+  <img align="left" alt="Abhishek's LinkedIN" width="22px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/peterthehan/peterthehan/master/assets/linkedin.svg" />
+</a>
 
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-<div> 
-  <img src="https://github-profile-trophy.vercel.app/?username=Tarmstrong95&theme=nord&margin-w=15" alt="Tarmstrong95" />
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+hi, i'm [Triston Armstrong](https://tristonarmstrong.com), a passionate full stack Software Developer and a freelance Software Developer from the USA. I take great care in the experience, architecture, and code quality of the things I build.
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+  
+- 💼 any freelance work? do reach out, [email](mailto:triston95strong@gmail.com) :)
+- 💬 ask me about anything, i am happy to help
+
+<br>
+
+**languages and tools:**  
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+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/javascript/javascript.png">
+</code>
+
+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/react/react.png">
+</code>
+
+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/5c058a388828bb5fde0bcafd4bc867b5bb3f26f3/topics/graphql/graphql.png">
+</code>
+
+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/nodejs/nodejs.png">
+</code>
+
+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/python/python.png">
+</code>
+
+<code>
+<img height="20" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/explore/80688e429a7d4ef2fca1e82350fe8e3517d3494d/topics/git/git.png">
+</code>
+
 
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+<p align="left"> 
+<img height="170" src="https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api?username=Tarmstrong95&count_private=true&include_all_commits=true&theme=onedark" alt="Tarmstrong95" />
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