Show HN: I created HN profile widget

#1

Post by sideproject » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 11:21 PM UTC

Show HN: I created HN profile widget
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Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by sideproject » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 11:29 PM UTC

Hello. Would love to get your feedback! Here's my profile as an example. :)

https://hackernews.club/hacker/profile/sideproject

A few weeks ago, there was a Show HN post regarding GitHub profile widget - I always wanted to do a widget, so I was inspired by that post (and also, since the code was in GitHub, I heavily borrowed many of its ideas)

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by exolymph » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 11:32 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

Hello. Would love to get your feedback! Here's my profile as an example. :) https://hackernews.club/hacker/profile/sideproject A few weeks ago, there was a Show HN post regarding GitHub profile widget - I always wanted to do a widget, so I was inspired by that post (and also, since the code was in GitHub, I heavily borrowed many of its ideas)

Nifty! I added it to a couple of my websites :) I particularly like your font choice.

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by sideproject » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

exolymph wrote: post #3

sideproject wrote: post #2

Hello. Would love to get your feedback! Here's my profile as an example. :) https://hackernews.club/hacker/profile/sideproject A few weeks ago, there was a Show HN post regarding GitHub profile widget - I always wanted to do a widget, so I was inspired by that post (and also, since the code was in GitHub, I heavily borrowed many of its ideas)

Nifty! I added it to a couple of my websites :) I particularly like your font choice.

Thank you!

Since it's within HN's crowd, I wanted to find a nice "programming font" on Google Web Fonts. I'm using this.

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inconsolata

Other good "programming fonts" I found are

Cousine - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cousine

Droid sans mono - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono

Roboto Mono - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Mono

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by Andaith » Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 12:50 AM UTC

Nice. It's case-sensitive though. Also, everything appears as undefined if you type an invalid username. May I suggest an "Invalid username, case sensitivity matters" warning?

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by sideproject » Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 1:06 AM UTC

Andaith wrote: post #5

Nice. It's case-sensitive though. Also, everything appears as undefined if you type an invalid username. May I suggest an "Invalid username, case sensitivity matters" warning?

Good picking! Will fix that up right now. Thanks! :)

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by CatsoCatsoCatso » Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 9:43 AM UTC

This is very nice! Can you make it so that the Top Submissions links go to the HN discussions?

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by sideproject » Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 11:11 AM UTC

CatsoCatsoCatso wrote: post #7

This is very nice! Can you make it so that the Top Submissions links go to the HN discussions?

Thanks!

Good idea - some people wanted to go directly to the link, but I might make both links available!

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by natsu90 » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 8:14 AM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #8

CatsoCatsoCatso wrote: post #7

This is very nice! Can you make it so that the Top Submissions links go to the HN discussions?

Thanks! Good idea - some people wanted to go directly to the link, but I might make both links available!

I think no need for the external link, people will eventually find the link in the discussion title.

Re: Show HN: I created HN profile widget

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Post by natsu90 » Wed, Aug 17, 2016, 8:15 AM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

Hello. Would love to get your feedback! Here's my profile as an example. :) https://hackernews.club/hacker/profile/sideproject A few weeks ago, there was a Show HN post regarding GitHub profile widget - I always wanted to do a widget, so I was inspired by that post (and also, since the code was in GitHub, I heavily borrowed many of its ideas)

It would be great if you can put Top Comments as well