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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?

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Post by hfsktr »

Kiro wrote: post #50
hfsktr wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 (u…

Honestly, what did you expect from browsing this thread with JavaScript disabled?

I browse all sites with javascript disabled by default. I didn't know what to expect in this thread as I'm not a designer and hold none of those skills. I thought maybe the sites would be more about the content of the project than the design.

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

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Post by blobman »

mdrzn wrote: post #62
blobman wrote: post #7

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.

Nice one! Should be fixed now. Thanks :)

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

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Post by djmill »

https://myhikes.org

This is a site I built for myself, friends, and the public; however, I haven't promoted it much... Trying to get more users, but it's been under construction for a while. Nothing fancy, but I wanted to build something that was free for users.

Also to the poster: side projects are great, showing off your pet project is awesome, but I can say that a lot of employers don't even care to look at them... I cannot speak for ALL employers, but a lot of the time interviewers and employers don't have the time to poke around in your side projects - they're very busy too. It's kind of a shame

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

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Post by dougk16 »

chuckdries wrote: post #40
dougk16 wrote: post #32

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.

Ha! I was going for spiral galaxy, but now you've got me wondering about all those job applications that I never heard back from!

FWIW the engine (https://github.com/dougkoellmer/swarm) that runs the website doesn't care what the layout of the cells are. For example here's a prototype textbook reader: http://eagrereader.appspot.com/

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