This temporary site is a placeholder

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.

Re: This temporary site is a placeholder

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Post by rads » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 8:08 PM UTC

nopal wrote: post #4

Why is this on hacker news?

Because people voted it up! Pretty cool site if you ask me.

Re: This temporary site is a placeholder

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Post by RossM » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 8:09 PM UTC

rbxbx wrote: post #5

nopal wrote: post #4

Why is this on hacker news?

It's interesting marketing, also I like the mockery of future proofing and his "Ship it!" type attitude (despite his lack of shipping) Inappropriate?

I wouldn't say it's marketing, it's just a fun placeholder with some wit.

Re: This temporary site is a placeholder

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Post by stanleydrew » Wed, Sep 22, 2010, 8:13 PM UTC

some1else wrote: post #2

Maybe yes, maybe no. It's his fun version of the CV which is really innovative and creative though.

Missing a closing title tag no? You think that's on purpose?