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Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?

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First the master: http://worrydream.com/ Surprised nobody's posted it yet. Other people are also posting their own, so here's mine: http://www.dougkoellmer.com/ Other job-hunt-specific efforts: http://www.dougkoellmer.com/portfolio/ http://www.dougkoellmer.com/resume/ http://www.dougkoellmer.com/games/ Can't be totally sure but I believe they've gotten me a job or two.

I like your concept, but zoomed out the layout kinda reminds me of a swastika with more arms.

I totally thought it was going to be a swastika before I got zoomed out all the way

Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?

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I've been running my personal projects website ( http://www.michalpaszkiewicz.co.uk ) for just over 2 years and I get a job offer almost every week (not just the typical spamming recruiters, but startup owners who said they liked my work). I'm also pretty certain I got my current job due to the fact I could impress my interviewers with my open source code. My design isn't great but what counts is the amount of materi…

Your website doesn't open without a www.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?

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First the master: http://worrydream.com/ Surprised nobody's posted it yet. Other people are also posting their own, so here's mine: http://www.dougkoellmer.com/ Other job-hunt-specific efforts: http://www.dougkoellmer.com/portfolio/ http://www.dougkoellmer.com/resume/ http://www.dougkoellmer.com/games/ Can't be totally sure but I believe they've gotten me a job or two.

The first one you linked messes up with my scrolling and makes is incredibly slow, I have to use the thin scrollbar on the rights side due to that...

Same, I think it's on purpose.

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This looks horrible on my mobile device :(

It simulates a desktop OS UI so I don't see how it could really be useful on mobile.

It would probably work OK if it rearranged to be a bit more like an old PDA interface.
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