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This reminded me of _why's style! :) For a moment I even thought it is really him.
It took far too long to load, poor ux.
It's 5.5 MB worth of small images. The author has used PNGs while he should have used JPGs, compressed them badly and coded it so that they all loaded at once. Poor user experience is often result of poor engineering practices. edit: also, the CV page won't load in my browser because of the broken markup. Not the best way to attract employers, if you asked me.
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It's 5.5 MB worth of small images. The author has used PNGs while he should have used JPGs, compressed them badly and coded it so that they all loaded at once. Poor user experience is often result of poor engineering practices. edit: also, the CV page won't load in my browser because of the broken markup. Not the best way to attract employers, if you asked me.
If his prospective employers were looking for coding skill, I'd agree - but he's not a coder.
There are a nearly-infinite number of similarly fanciful digressions on the web; they have their place. But this is barely more than the 'cute animal pictures' explicitly discouraged in the HN guidelines.
I don't mind a little whimsy, but this is the top story ?!? People saw it at positions 2-30 and thought, this needs more upvotes and attention ?!? There are a nearly-infinite number of similarly fanciful digressions on the web; they have their place. But this is barely more than the 'cute animal pictures' explicitly discouraged in the HN guidelines.
It took far too long to load, poor ux.
It's a cute little story, though. I'll give him that much.
I don't mind a little whimsy, but this is the top story ?!? People saw it at positions 2-30 and thought, this needs more upvotes and attention ?!? There are a nearly-infinite number of similarly fanciful digressions on the web; they have their place. But this is barely more than the 'cute animal pictures' explicitly discouraged in the HN guidelines.
This has everything it needs to be liked. Does it deserve it? Probably not. Does it have to? I guess every programmer needs a few laughs in a day.
I don't mind a little whimsy, but this is the top story ?!? People saw it at positions 2-30 and thought, this needs more upvotes and attention ?!? There are a nearly-infinite number of similarly fanciful digressions on the web; they have their place. But this is barely more than the 'cute animal pictures' explicitly discouraged in the HN guidelines.
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I wouldn't call it inappropriate. I don't know that it "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity," though. I found your headline off putting, mostly because it reminded me of something I'd see on reddit now days (hyperbolic "best" and "ever"). You seem to have your reasons for sharing, and I would have liked to have seen at least some of those in the headline. I think a better headline would have made the submission mo…
I'm fine with the title being altered [mod?] if the community feels it link baity. To be honest I probably should have thought a bit more before pressing submit, just went with my heart at the moment.
If I am to write a title for this HN submission it'd be:
A CV of a text designer.
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I wouldn't say it's marketing, it's just a fun placeholder with some wit.
It made me click all the way through (I laughed at several points) and impelled me to click on his CV. It is fair to say it was marketing that achieved its purpose.