diff --git a/src/components/explore/ExploreLanding.tsx b/src/components/explore/ExploreLanding.tsx
index 3dcb92a..d7bff7e 100644
--- a/src/components/explore/ExploreLanding.tsx
+++ b/src/components/explore/ExploreLanding.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,46 @@
 'use client';
 
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import Link from 'next/link';
-import { Telescope } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Telescope, User } from 'lucide-react';
 import AppearIn from './AppearIn';
 import SearchBox from './SearchBox';
 import JetstreamFeed from './JetstreamFeed';
 import CrossLinkCards from '@/components/landing/CrossLinkCards';
+import { useAtprotoSession } from '@/components/AtprotoSessionProvider';
+import { getProfile, type AppViewProfile } from '@/utils/atproto/appview';
+import { encodeRepo } from '@/utils/atproto/urls';
 
 const SUGGESTIONS = ['aturi.to', 'bsky.app', 'dame.is', 'jay.bsky.team'];
 
 export default function ExploreLanding() {
+  const { did } = useAtprotoSession();
+  const [profile, setProfile] = useState<AppViewProfile | null>(null);
+
+  // Lazy-fetch profile so we can show the user's handle rather than the bare
+  // DID. The explorer route accepts both, so we render the DID immediately
+  // and upgrade to the prettier handle once it lands.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!did) {
+      setProfile(null);
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    let cancelled = false;
+    getProfile(did).then((p) => {
+      if (!cancelled) setProfile(p);
+    });
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [did]);
+
+  const myRepo = did ? profile?.handle || did : null;
+  // Avoid showing the user's handle twice when it happens to be one of the
+  // hard-coded examples.
+  const otherSuggestions = myRepo
+    ? SUGGESTIONS.filter((s) => s !== myRepo)
+    : SUGGESTIONS;
+
   return (
     <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: '2.5rem' }}>
       <AppearIn rise>
@@ -67,7 +98,27 @@ export default function ExploreLanding() {
           }}
         >
           <span>Try:</span>
-          {SUGGESTIONS.map((s) => (
+          {myRepo && (
+            <Link
+              key={myRepo}
+              href={`/explore/${encodeRepo(myRepo)}`}
+              title="Your repo"
+              style={{
+                display: 'inline-flex',
+                alignItems: 'center',
+                gap: '0.3rem',
+                fontFamily: 'var(--font-mono)',
+                color: 'var(--text-accent)',
+                padding: '0.125rem 0.5rem',
+                border: '1px solid var(--text-accent)',
+                background: 'var(--bg-tertiary)',
+                textDecoration: 'none',
+              }}
+            >
+              <User size={11} aria-hidden /> {myRepo}
+            </Link>
+          )}
+          {otherSuggestions.map((s) => (
             <Link
               key={s}
               href={`/explore/${s}`}