I happen to like my own. Go figure. http://samsarajs.org It's a UI library for animating 3D web stuff, so it should look pretty. Suggestions to improve are welcome!
Top 3rd looks good, below that could be more interesting.
Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
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Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#22http://louis.merlin.family Kept it minimal :)
I think you should remove (future) from your subheader. You've demonstrated that you are a software engineer already from your 'What I coded' section so you're selling yourself short.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#23https://acko.net
A jaw-dropping website by Steven Wittens that pushes the boundaries of what your browser can do. Nothing I've seen has ever topped this wizardry.
(You should view it on desktop, with WebGL capability.)
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#24http://spritesmods.com/
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but its simple and clicking through any project makes me to want to work with and/or hire him immediately.
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#25http://jon.gold/
This looks horrible on my mobile device :(
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#26https://acko.net A jaw-dropping website by Steven Wittens that pushes the boundaries of what your browser can do. Nothing I've seen has ever topped this wizardry. (You should view it on desktop, with WebGL capability.)
I didn't see what was so special. You will need to enable javascript if you have that disabled.
[Edit: with javascript it's cool the first time but if I want to read an article I don't need the animation every time...]
I only read one article but it was really well written and presented.
[re-edit] I was not being dismissive or negative. Since I didn't have JS enabled I didn't know I was missing anything. This site (unlike many) was functional without JS (which is what should happen IMO). Only after a second look did I think to enable JS to see there was more to it.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#27I really dislike mine. Don't use it. I am not a web designer.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#28I like Drew Wilson's: http://drewwilson.com/
Catchy & Informative
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#29Does https://standardresume.co/ meet your needs? It might be a little bit closer to a resume than a website, but it could easily be combined with a more personal single page website.
Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?
#30Designing a personal website can be an interesting learning experience and an engaging creative act expressing a strong sense of aesthetic judgment and philosophy. On the other hand, there's something to be said for not overcooking the pudding and just giving the user what they're likely to be looking for. https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/ http://norvig.com/ http://www-cs-staff.stanford.edu/~uno/
I feel like "wall of text and no modern styling" works better if you're already a world famous researcher (or if you're Y Combinator).