Why would I want to be able to see a bunch of meaningless icons for contributors? Why is this being prioritized in one of the highest visual-traffic sections of the layout? Why would I want to see what percentage of the project is in different languages as a high priority piece of information?
Like, 100% agreement with everyone complaining about how the sidebar de-centers the README, agreed, that's awful, but what rubs salt into the wound is the sidebar is full of useless garbage! Both as a contributor of code and as a consumer it's hard to imagine things I'd care about less. Have it in a cute little "info" tab that no one will ever click like all useless information, and keep the landing page of a project for essential information.
Like, 100% agreement with everyone complaining about how the sidebar de-centers the README, agreed, that's awful, but what rubs salt into the wound is the sidebar is full of useless garbage! Both as a contributor of code and as a consumer it's hard to imagine things I'd care about less. Have it in a cute little "info" tab that no one will ever click like all useless information, and keep the landing page of a project for essential information.