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Re: Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

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Post by bobbydreamer »

_omnf wrote: post #26

At the risk of sounding pompous. I really like my portfolio site: [link redacted] Why? I built it for myself. Not for what I thought recruiters/employers wanted to see. I simply wanted a place to collect some of the projects I work on. And more importantly one that captured my personality a bit. It's not perfect, I look at it and see a ton things I'd refactor. But it get's people to laugh or start a conversation abou…

Nice and clean. I like it. There are so many fancy sites and bootstraps but finally in the end, if you have coded it and it can last next 10 years without a major change to the site design and you can focus on adding content to the site. That's a win.

I am working on my site http://www.bobbydreamer.com

Got side tracked and built this, a note taking app. https://Stash.bobbydreamer.com

It's still in development.

Re: Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

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Post by prani10 »

_omnf wrote: post #26

At the risk of sounding pompous. I really like my portfolio site: [link redacted] Why? I built it for myself. Not for what I thought recruiters/employers wanted to see. I simply wanted a place to collect some of the projects I work on. And more importantly one that captured my personality a bit. It's not perfect, I look at it and see a ton things I'd refactor. But it get's people to laugh or start a conversation abou…

i like the design ., but the small font really annoys me, atleast one size big would be better!

Re: Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

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Post by bobbydreamer »

_mrmnmly wrote: post #79

Following @jefflombardjr example, I would like to share an example of my personal website: https://lukaszkups.net . Why do I like it? Because I've literally built it by myself from scratch - starting on design (all the graphics, even the map in experience tab) to the static site generation tool that I use to manage content (will release it soon as my first truly open source project). Btw. Any feedback will be highly…

Like the multicolored texts in the homepage. Good Colors choice. I like bright Colors but if you are going to be seeing it a lot better to go with Colors that doesn't spoil the eyes and page designs get darker over time.

Re: Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

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Post by rchaud »

sotojuan wrote: post #69
elhudy wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-coder it feels like the learning curve for building a website portfolio is super high - even though I am told by coders that it is not. Could anyone lend some guidance on where to start?

I mean, if you really want the easy way out, just pay Squarespace or another WSIWYG website builder. That's what a lot of my artist and photographer friends use.

That's what I was going to suggest. If you're a non-coder who needs a portfolio site, you already have a body of work ready to show. Put that up on a Squarespace site with a nice template instead of wasting time going through HTML/CSS video courses to create one from scratch.

If you're genuinely interested in building from the ground up, definitely go ahead. But if that's not really your goal, you will almost certainly be disappointed with your first site. HTML/CSS courses don't cover design (typography, element spacing, color palettes), so you'll look at your site, you'll know it's ugly but you won't know why. And you won't want to put it online, thereby wasting even more time.

Don't do that. Let your work speak for you, and don't feel embarrassed about using a template. Your audience cares about the quality of your content only, they will be completely oblivious to what is happening behind the scenes.

Re: Ask HN: What are some great personal blogs/portfolios?

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Post by rchaud »

flaviocopes wrote: post #80
skilled wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I burst out laughing while reflecting on how good the Tobias van Schneider design is. The use of typography is absolutely marvelous. Thanks for sharing!

The page design is absolutely amazing, although its weight is 33MB. Which makes me think, where do we draw the line in terms of web page size? What's acceptable as of 2019? Also considering mobile?

> Which makes me think, where do we draw the line in terms of web page size?

We look at the business case. TVS' website would be a disaster if it was targeted at the general public, with millions of hits each day. But it's not. His work on Spotify however does have to be optimized for that audience.

His personal site however can be whatever. It's showcased on industry sites like awwwards.com and the like, and those sites are all form, no function. In this environment, Pretty = useful, because it makes his work more noticeable, which is good for getting consulting work.

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