Building a Kickass Portfolio(zen-of-programming.com)
zen-of-programming.com
Building a Kickass Portfolio
https://zen-of-programming.com/kickass-portfolio
293 comments
Thanks! I (at the time I wrote it) didn't focus on making it Safari compatible, but I really should go back to that!
I love the general idea of not just saying what you should do, but also showing the first two iterations of the site and talking about what didn't work.
That's a great portfolio.
I thought .tel domains were restricted to the publishing of contact information rather than websites.
Portfolio looks great though!
Portfolio looks great though!
I'm always looking for personal sites that are still out there. I love some of the ones she listed. Here are some random ones I found yesterday.
http://merkoba.com/
http://angusnicneven.com/
http://danieltemkin.com/
http://joelcalifa.com/
https://jacky.wtf/
https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about
http://nik.works/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp...
Here are two I found several days ago, but that I am still finding amusing today.
http://coolguy.website/
http://leonbambrick.com/
Please share your personal page links, too.
Even if this list becomes long, that's okay. I will look at it.
http://merkoba.com/
http://angusnicneven.com/
http://danieltemkin.com/
http://joelcalifa.com/
https://jacky.wtf/
https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about
http://nik.works/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp...
Here are two I found several days ago, but that I am still finding amusing today.
http://coolguy.website/
http://leonbambrick.com/
Please share your personal page links, too.
Even if this list becomes long, that's okay. I will look at it.
The animation on http://merkoba.com/ hurts my brain.
Every time I hear the phrase: https://youtu.be/evlrs5Bi_6E?t=1m25s
personally, i like nik's and jacobyyoungs the most. straightforward and to the point. merkoba makes my eyes hurt and as impressive as joelcalifa's background is, i dont like that its written as if to be read by 8 year old children.
I've been gathering some inspirations for a personal site. Here are a couple I liked. (Although now that I think about it, these were linked at the end of the article).
http://julia.im/
http://joelcalifa.com/
http://nik.org/
https://flexdinesh.github.io/
http://julia.im/
http://joelcalifa.com/
http://nik.org/
https://flexdinesh.github.io/
Can’t not mention acko.net ; maybe not a typical ‘portfolio’ but more or less fits the bill too
heres mine i've gotten some good feedback on it, and it runs ultra fast:
https://conradadam.com
https://conradadam.com
My suggestion is to tone down the first red and blue backgrounds.
I don't know - I like the colors. They feel alive.
UX is your specialty but you have no screen caps of your portfolio next to each project name.
If I want an overview of your work I need to click through each link, instead of simply scrolling through the page and then clicking on what I’m interested in. No offence, but that’s some poorly thought out UX right there.
What good is it that it ‘runs ultra fast’?
If I want an overview of your work I need to click through each link, instead of simply scrolling through the page and then clicking on what I’m interested in. No offence, but that’s some poorly thought out UX right there.
What good is it that it ‘runs ultra fast’?
Thank you for the feedback! Do you have examples of screen caps you like? I had considered this but decided to take it out because of wanting to keep to the old school terminal aesthetic. Plus since I do a lot of programming, I figured linking to the site to see how it works might be more useful than simply a screen grab, since I'm not the one usually doing the design (which would make sense at that point).
User experience and performance go hand-in-hand. Users get frustrated if a site loads slowly or doesn't function. So I made sure to have a site that does those things (plus web performance is one of my specialties).
User experience and performance go hand-in-hand. Users get frustrated if a site loads slowly or doesn't function. So I made sure to have a site that does those things (plus web performance is one of my specialties).
It is a strange coincidence that I was just on a poet's site today who goes by "caconrad". http://caconrad.blogspot.com/
Your link is well done. The blue and gray hearken to the Old Web.
Your link is well done. The blue and gray hearken to the Old Web.
I'm about 90% through a rework of my personal site, https://www.brentbaum.com/
Would love feedback on what works / doesn't work design-wise.
Would love feedback on what works / doesn't work design-wise.
I really love this use of shadow! It creates a fantastic appearance of depth. One thought: Since the shadow redraws itself based on cursor position, when you move the cursor off of the grey background container and back on in a different location, the shadow effect seems to skip. At first I thought the site was buggy/lagging. It might be worth it to extend the CSS/JS trigger to the entire viewable document, rather than just the grey box.
Good catch!
Not a big fan of the white border. That's just me though
The words in the main paragraph are underlined but not links to anything? Make them link to something.
I can't scroll properly but i'm sure you will fix that.
Emphasize what work you actually did at those brands you listed.
The words in the main paragraph are underlined but not links to anything? Make them link to something.
I can't scroll properly but i'm sure you will fix that.
Emphasize what work you actually did at those brands you listed.
The front page looks awesome. I'm using Firefox on OSX- for some reason I can't scroll down. Maybe it's just not implemented yet?
I'm using Firefox on windows with the same issue.
Yup - also Firefox user (Windows) and cannot scroll.
Awesome, thanks for the report. I had someone report that before and couldn't reproduce. Looks like I should have tested in base Firefox, not just Firefox Developer Edition :)
Chrome on Ubuntu does not work also.
Looks great. Setting a line-height of 2.7rem gave the paragraphs some more room to breathe, those thick underlines made it claustrophobic in there. They're also not really adding anything to the presentation other than to break up the monotony of bare text, with the colored onHover gives the appearance of a link but then you get disappointed when they don't function that way. I'd pick some other way to highlight the words than underlining.
The email address at the bottom has too slight a color difference from the 'contact me at' part. Either make it contrast more or just make them the same color. The email address also gives the appearance but not behavior of a link.
Decreasing font-size on the non-bolded text on Recent Work to 1.1rem gives a better contrast with the headings.
Lowering the line height for the description text of the TwinThread blurb to 2.2rem makes the structure of the information more cohesive.
The email address at the bottom has too slight a color difference from the 'contact me at' part. Either make it contrast more or just make them the same color. The email address also gives the appearance but not behavior of a link.
Decreasing font-size on the non-bolded text on Recent Work to 1.1rem gives a better contrast with the headings.
Lowering the line height for the description text of the TwinThread blurb to 2.2rem makes the structure of the information more cohesive.
Fantastic typography feedback, thanks.
The lighting thing is pretty cute. But you have completely and totally broken scrolling.
(Or at least you have for OSX Safari 11.1.2. Two-finger scrolling on my trackpad does nothing, trying to drag the scrollbar does nothing, space and arrow keys do nothing. Clicking on the links does nothing either.)
(Or at least you have for OSX Safari 11.1.2. Two-finger scrolling on my trackpad does nothing, trying to drag the scrollbar does nothing, space and arrow keys do nothing. Clicking on the links does nothing either.)
Yes, the lightning is nice. I am on Firefox and also cannot scroll. I wonder what's down there.
They're good dogs Brent
Dynamical systems engineer for games and simulations. Portfolio out of necessity, because I've never been good at explaining with words what I do.
https://rozgo.github.io/
https://rozgo.github.io/
Love this site! Watched a couple of the videos too, and you've got some great visualizations. I know you said that you're not great at explaining what you've done with words, but having a couple of lines that express to me (especially as a non-expert) what your contribution was for each video would serve you really well: i.e. the videos look cool, but I don't know what it was that you did that was hard.
Ok, yours will take some time to dig through. Added you here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
I like the technologies section, nice way of showing "no limitations"
Mine is crazy simple... just moved to a new server setup with nginx.
https://coltonhurst.com/
https://coltonhurst.com/
This works! Reminds me of http://domhofmann.com/
Thanks!
And wow. Even more simple than mine!
And wow. Even more simple than mine!
Nice!
This is reminiscent of windows93.net - but I like that this is a personal zine. It's easy to get distracted by the games and apps included, as if they are the primary draw.
Visit Start > Issues. What a novel way to do a blog type thing.
Visit Start > Issues. What a novel way to do a blog type thing.
I'm a fan of naked-feeling 2000s sites.
https://patrickcollison.com/
https://tomual.com/
http://halvor.work/
https://patrickcollison.com/
https://tomual.com/
http://halvor.work/
Nested iframes on that last one. Do you remember sites that would popup hundreds of popups - not virus/porn sites, but design sites that would orchestrate a variety of images in the popups? I recall iframes that would bring up more iframes as well. I wonder where we'd be if we'd followed these routes instead.
Had a chuckle at the "weakness" of that last one. Pretty sure "ugh, I just work too hard!" is everybody's go to weakness.
Very clean. I like the general attitude. The mustard color is good. Such an ideal color does wonders. Going to have to follow your blog. Thanks!
pascal-wittmann.de
I mostly work on interpreters and compilers.
Mine is minimal because I refuse to make it otherwise: https://bernsteinbear.com
Mine is minimal because I refuse to make it otherwise: https://bernsteinbear.com
After 5 years of not having a portfolio, put one up earlier this year! https://moeamaya.com/. Interestingly my best project leads have come from launching the site.
Very practical, but elegant feeling. A new appreciation for blue. I recall your cool backgrounds project. Looking forward to further essays. Thankyou!
Funny-- her site is very much not the same as mine, but there are several parts that certainly rhyme (shapes on the homepage, projects displayed in colorful wells, etc).
Any feedback is appreciated!
https://matthewhoelter.com
Any feedback is appreciated!
https://matthewhoelter.com
I was just talking to a friend yesterday about the mouse trail. This is a good innovation you have done. All of your projects look tight.
http://egypt.urnash.com
I'm mostly an artist, and I take delight in the aggressive unhipness of my site running on top of Wordpress. It's had the same front page since 2011.
Someday I should really change the menus in the blog/portfolio sections to work with touch browsers. I got comics to draw, though.
I'm mostly an artist, and I take delight in the aggressive unhipness of my site running on top of Wordpress. It's had the same front page since 2011.
Someday I should really change the menus in the blog/portfolio sections to work with touch browsers. I got comics to draw, though.
The depth of your site is mind-blowing. I will have to return and read through some of the longer comics. I love the style of Parallax.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear people outside my existing fans like how Parallax looks; it's been brewing out of view for a couple years now.
(The site's a repository for about seventeen years of my creative output. You, too, can have something that mind-blowingly complex if you just keep at it for a significant part of a lifetime. :) )
(The site's a repository for about seventeen years of my creative output. You, too, can have something that mind-blowingly complex if you just keep at it for a significant part of a lifetime. :) )
Mine's super simple, but once I have more projects under my belt I'll be expanding it out:
https://stolson.com
https://stolson.com
https://magnASCII.io
I love ASCII text a lot :)
I love ASCII text a lot :)
Redid mine a few weeks ago (with a new domain that I've been pining after), thoughts?
https://nmn.gl/
https://nmn.gl/
How many blockchain projects have you done? Looking at the body of work you've shown, it all looks to be standard web projects - nothing at all wrong with those kind of projects, but when you put "web & blockchain solutions" at the top, it makes it feel like hype marketing.
I've helped out 4 ICOs with smart contract programming & web interfaces. I do not list them on my public portfolio, only present them to interested clients.
https://gir.me.uk/ - static site built with Metalsmith - full marks on PageSpeed :)
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I built mine about 6 years ago, and it's starting to look a touch dated now, but I'm still pretty proud of it. It's helped me land my last two full-time jobs as well as a few freelance things here and there.
http://www.nfriedly.com/portfolio/
http://www.nfriedly.com/portfolio/
Here's my personal website:
https://matall.in
I'm a fan of personal sites, too. Some of the ones that I like most, in no particular order:
https://macwright.org
https://zachholman.com
https://warpspire.com
https://paulstamatiou.com
http://francisco.dance
https://craigmod.com
I'm a fan of personal sites, too. Some of the ones that I like most, in no particular order:
https://macwright.org
https://zachholman.com
https://warpspire.com
https://paulstamatiou.com
http://francisco.dance
https://craigmod.com
Seen some of this before, but glad to see it again.
Your site is well done - I particularly like the timeline overview of your life. Everyone should do one of those. I've been obsessed with 1995 era Yahoo/DMOZ link directories lately - your site reminds me of a little directory to your life. I don't know if you track heart rate and stuff like that, but I was honestly glad it was more of a summary than an exhaustive data dump.
Thankyou.
Your site is well done - I particularly like the timeline overview of your life. Everyone should do one of those. I've been obsessed with 1995 era Yahoo/DMOZ link directories lately - your site reminds me of a little directory to your life. I don't know if you track heart rate and stuff like that, but I was honestly glad it was more of a summary than an exhaustive data dump.
Thankyou.
I like your site, think I'll steal the Changelog idea.
Aye. Thanks for linking me. Was wondering why I had a spike in traffic.
Hey! Yes - well I found your blog to be gorgeous and I think it sets a standard for the Indieweb (which is generally very practical.) Which - I like that you don't sacrifice practicality for appearance. The layout of the metadata on your posts is sterling.
As a programming instructor, I'm always encouraging my students to keep beautiful, up to date portfolios. I appreciate the numerous examples in this thread, and will be sure to pass along the inspiration to my students!
Here's mine: https://droxey.com
Here's mine: https://droxey.com
Cool portfolio! Wow that time-shifted comment patent is cool stuff, doesn't every social video platform used time-shifted comments or does your patent cover a specific nuanced scenario within this space, cause it seems many companies do video streaming chat like the way the patent described e.g. twitch, Facebook live, etc.
your patent is an example of what's wrong with the software patent industry. i don't mean to be rude, although you did feature it promo prominently as the first bit of information about you on your resume. i mean, does soundcloud or any of the multitude of video websites that have done this for years have to pay you license fees?
I have to agree; when a comment on the YouTube Google Forums[1] is reasonable prior art, maybe it's not really such a great or original invention.
[1] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/uykx9...
[1] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/uykx9...
Breaking the back button and bogus sw patent, not sure you will be too popular here.
The unfolding zine is neat! Some of the other zine links inn these comments should take note. The little pages within a larger HTML page really stirs up the ideas in a "hey dawg I hear you like pages" kind of way.
http://steveasleep.com still going strong!
Ohno. Just a few weeks before finishing my design overhaul!
http://moonbench.xyz
I'd encourage you to take a second look at the end of August, I'm very excited about the pending redesign and rewritten content.
http://moonbench.xyz
I'd encourage you to take a second look at the end of August, I'm very excited about the pending redesign and rewritten content.
Thanks for listing these. Reminds me I have to address my site now that I snatched the .com variant earlier when it expired on the original owner.
http://bastijn.nl
http://bastijn.com
http://bastijn.nl
http://bastijn.com
Built mine some days ago with a custom "portfolio generator" :
https://www.onirom.fr
https://www.onirom.fr
Here's mine :)
https://harishnarayanan.org
https://harishnarayanan.org
Feedback appreciated!
https://chy.io
https://chy.io
Been transitioning mine from bloglike to more of a personal site: https://kolemcrae.com
Should mention this is built on Ghost.org but is a 100% custom template. Used to use jeckyll with a Github page but with the microsoft takeover I decided to try something new.
Want something fun? Check out all the old designs with the Internet Archive! The 2010 design is a little... uh....
https://web.archive.org/web/*/kolemcrae.com
Want something fun? Check out all the old designs with the Internet Archive! The 2010 design is a little... uh....
https://web.archive.org/web/*/kolemcrae.com
My personal site, made with hand-coded HTML and CSS, generated with Hugo, and published with rsync: https://www.simongriffee.com/
I use a couple of JavaScript libraries for displaying portfolio image galleries and the masonry-style blog list pages under /notebook/, but am thinking of reverting the latter into a single-column chronological format instead.
May the independent web live long and prosper!
https://indieweb.org/
I use a couple of JavaScript libraries for displaying portfolio image galleries and the masonry-style blog list pages under /notebook/, but am thinking of reverting the latter into a single-column chronological format instead.
May the independent web live long and prosper!
https://indieweb.org/
Full of great stuff. Your photography is sensational. I think the masonry style suits it very well here, but I understand wanting to shake things up.
Thank you!
The ability to change things is one of the nice things about personal websites.
I am enjoying exploring kickscondor.com
The ability to change things is one of the nice things about personal websites.
I am enjoying exploring kickscondor.com
My old (handcoded starting in 1999, so ancient tech) site www.lomont.org. It now looks like 1999, so needs some serious updating, which led me to making www.clomont.com, in the hopes someday I will merge them with newer tech to make it easier to post articles.
Now I'm leaning on using or making a static site generator, needs markdown supporting math via some LaTeX flavored plugin, and simple to edit. Maybe one day when I'm less busy I'll get around to merging, updating, and posting the gazillion articles/talks/progs I've done that have gone unposted.
Now I'm leaning on using or making a static site generator, needs markdown supporting math via some LaTeX flavored plugin, and simple to edit. Maybe one day when I'm less busy I'll get around to merging, updating, and posting the gazillion articles/talks/progs I've done that have gone unposted.
Just did a rework on mine and would love any feedback:
https://jamievaughn.github.io
https://reza.codes is mine
http://weshicks.net/
edit: I tried to keep it minimal but informative. I recently rebuilt it using Gatsby.
edit: I tried to keep it minimal but informative. I recently rebuilt it using Gatsby.
There ya go :)
https://swapped.cc/
From the time when I had too much free time.
https://swapped.cc/
From the time when I had too much free time.
Great stuff. How did you find those?
My favourites:
http://alexandrerochet.com
http://timroussilhe.com
Those are experiences. I'll update my website to be so awesome when I get some time for it (bit difficult while managing a team).
My own site, wanted to update it ever since. Not really an eye-catcher, I know. It uses Grav CMS, it's a great CMS (and file-based).
https://samuelantonioli.de
And the website of my agency (it's German)
http://funkhaus.io
Would love to hear some feedback, especially browser quirks.
My favourites:
http://alexandrerochet.com
http://timroussilhe.com
Those are experiences. I'll update my website to be so awesome when I get some time for it (bit difficult while managing a team).
My own site, wanted to update it ever since. Not really an eye-catcher, I know. It uses Grav CMS, it's a great CMS (and file-based).
https://samuelantonioli.de
And the website of my agency (it's German)
http://funkhaus.io
Would love to hear some feedback, especially browser quirks.
I find links by clicking on different Twitter users' links or clicking around on "indieweb" blogs. But today has been amazing - having a chance to look at a variety of designs and blogs shared by their creators.
These designs you linked are more modern than the others that I've seen. It made me realize that there is a lot of nostaglia - either utter minimalism or vaporwave - floating around in personal pages right now - which I do enjoy. But these go in giant page directions. Another good example in this direction is: http://aaf.nyc. It's not a long page, but has a large feeling.
These designs you linked are more modern than the others that I've seen. It made me realize that there is a lot of nostaglia - either utter minimalism or vaporwave - floating around in personal pages right now - which I do enjoy. But these go in giant page directions. Another good example in this direction is: http://aaf.nyc. It's not a long page, but has a large feeling.
Never knew that so many developers go to such extremes w.r.t minimalism.
The site you've linked has great videos in the background and I like the animated logo, that really helps in making it interesting.
Personally, I still prefer those sites I've linked, because I know that they are harder to make than those minimalistic/no-css sites. I think it depends if it's a backend dev or a full stack web dev with a focus on UI/UX. In the latter case, it's a good way to show off what you're capable of. With those minimalistic designs (some of them also have bad UX) I don't really know if they're able to create modern, responsive and more complex websites.
The site you've linked has great videos in the background and I like the animated logo, that really helps in making it interesting.
Personally, I still prefer those sites I've linked, because I know that they are harder to make than those minimalistic/no-css sites. I think it depends if it's a backend dev or a full stack web dev with a focus on UI/UX. In the latter case, it's a good way to show off what you're capable of. With those minimalistic designs (some of them also have bad UX) I don't really know if they're able to create modern, responsive and more complex websites.
This guy from Japan still has my favorite portfolio so far:
https://magical-girl.site/
I shared it a while ago here, but it didn't get much traction.
https://magical-girl.site/
I shared it a while ago here, but it didn't get much traction.
Wild!
Wow! Reminds me of those flashy Flash sites ... when Flash was still used for innocent purposes...
well, thanks for giving me impostor syndrome
And here I can’t even get two goddamn <div>s to line up properly.
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That's awesome.
It's so extremely overdone that it becomes a category all of its own. Awesome.
I would appreciate any feedback: https://www.echevarria.io/. It's just basic HTML, CSS, and I think three small scripts for the whole thing.
I have bookmarked the pastels blog entry to revisit - I think this is a fun post. Your blue puts you with the other link here https://moeamaya.com/ which is good company.
One question: is there a reason you chose to go with left-right arrows on the photo page and scrolling on the code page?
You are doing good work. Continue.
One question: is there a reason you chose to go with left-right arrows on the photo page and scrolling on the code page?
You are doing good work. Continue.
Thanks! I went with left-right arrows because that's pretty much the standard for fine art photographers and I did scrolling on the code page because I suspect that developers would get frustrated with the lack of information density. I feel weird that the photos are the odd page out, but I struggled with finding an alternative when I made this.
Ok, that makes sense. I like that.
Nice site! I'm biased because I use my phone so much, but if you add in a viewport tag it'll look better on mobile. I just added one in the console and I think it still looks pretty good
Wow, thanks so much for pointing this out. I spent a day or two getting things mobile-responsive, but I couldn't figure out why certain mobile browsers didn't display the site as I intended. I added a little thank you in the README: https://github.com/iechevarria/iechevarria.github.io
I made one with LEGOs! https://bryce.io/
That's neat. They're individually drawn with divs.
Love it! Very cool concept.
As someone familiar with front-end technologies, I'm always surprised at how folks build such a thing. Wouldn't know where to start. Guessing it has something to do with css transforms to make boxes diagonals.
This is mine: http://dragthelake.com/
Tried to keep it simple
Tried to keep it simple
The slight tilt. Brilliant.
I like the small "highlights I’m proud of" section. It's a nice approach. To me it feels more, genuine, I guess? I always feel uncomfortable talking about what I'm good at. I really like how you frame accomplishments as something you are proud of without it coming off like a big marketing pitch.
Here is mine!
https://benjamintaylorportfolio.netlify.com/#/
Built with Vue.js and uses Wordpress REST API as a headless content management system.
https://benjamintaylorportfolio.netlify.com/#/
Built with Vue.js and uses Wordpress REST API as a headless content management system.
Very well organized. And PDFs that go into detail on the design.
Thank you :) I worked hard on it!
Very nice! Like the lazy loading of images etc.
Thanks so much, I actually wrote about how I achieved that as my first blog post:
https://benjamintaylorportfolio.netlify.com/#/post/lazy-load...
Instead of reaching for an external library I decided to go with my own solution and I like to think that it made me more appreciative of Vue.js in general.
https://benjamintaylorportfolio.netlify.com/#/post/lazy-load...
Instead of reaching for an external library I decided to go with my own solution and I like to think that it made me more appreciative of Vue.js in general.
Here's mine: h12n.nz
Possibly a bit grandiose. Any feedback much appreciated.
Possibly a bit grandiose. Any feedback much appreciated.
That's a nice effect. Are there other pages?
Thanks. Just the one page at present.
I actually finished mine the other day: https://sterlingdemille.com
Boy, making a portfolio is excruciating. All these links make it look so easy, but when I started it was like pulling teeth. If anyone has feedback (harsh even), I'd love to hear it!
Boy, making a portfolio is excruciating. All these links make it look so easy, but when I started it was like pulling teeth. If anyone has feedback (harsh even), I'd love to hear it!
Big fan of your layout & color-scheme.
Can I ask what you used to make that pixelated avatar of yourself?
Can I ask what you used to make that pixelated avatar of yourself?
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http://gregorywieber.com
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Just as a notice to everyone here, I am going to make a nice directory of these links at http://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/. My previous "hunt" is there - but I'll make a new page there over the next day, archiving my old one.
Thank you for being generous with your links. I think there is a kind of resistance toward self-promotion of your personal pages these days. Or perhaps you feel like no one wants to see your page. Well, I do. I want to find pages that can't be found by Googling. One also has to look through every page to find the obscure pages that can be loved.
I would encourage all of you too to be curious about what is out there. There is still much to do on the web - it has just become very orderly in general.
Thank you for being generous with your links. I think there is a kind of resistance toward self-promotion of your personal pages these days. Or perhaps you feel like no one wants to see your page. Well, I do. I want to find pages that can't be found by Googling. One also has to look through every page to find the obscure pages that can be loved.
I would encourage all of you too to be curious about what is out there. There is still much to do on the web - it has just become very orderly in general.
https://russell.ballestrini.net/about/
Static Site / blog made with Pelican and a custom theme, all open source.
It's hosted at my house on an old thinkpad 430 with a cracked LCD running SmartOS.
Static Site / blog made with Pelican and a custom theme, all open source.
It's hosted at my house on an old thinkpad 430 with a cracked LCD running SmartOS.
My personal site:
https://me.thatcoolidea.com
The typing interaction was inspired from a site called Hacker Typer. I like how it invests the user in the sight by inviting them to interact immediately. (View on PC. It's non interactive on mobile)
https://me.thatcoolidea.com
The typing interaction was inspired from a site called Hacker Typer. I like how it invests the user in the sight by inviting them to interact immediately. (View on PC. It's non interactive on mobile)
My personal site is https://jonathanstreet.com/
It's in need of some help so I've been looking around for inspiration. I'll be taking a look at everything posted. Some I've found previously I like:
http://blog.echen.me/ https://www.liyaoxiang.com/ http://www.randalolson.com/ https://jvns.ca/ http://www.nowozin.net/sebastian/ http://www.emilio.ferrara.name/ http://danielnee.com/ http://daynebatten.com/ https://thomaslarock.com/ http://treycausey.com/ http://mvjantzen.com/
It's in need of some help so I've been looking around for inspiration. I'll be taking a look at everything posted. Some I've found previously I like:
http://blog.echen.me/ https://www.liyaoxiang.com/ http://www.randalolson.com/ https://jvns.ca/ http://www.nowozin.net/sebastian/ http://www.emilio.ferrara.name/ http://danielnee.com/ http://daynebatten.com/ https://thomaslarock.com/ http://treycausey.com/ http://mvjantzen.com/
I actually quite like it. It is fast, to the point and funnels you through a way to contact you.
Thanks. I'm pleased you mentioned the speed. When I created the site it wasn't something I focused on but I have thought about more recently. I'll aim for any changes I make to be at worse time neutral.
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See, this is great - I am not in the research work and am never exposed to blogs like this. Added you here: https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
My own site, intentionally brutalist: https://jonathan.hefner.pro/
https://nathan.sucks
I like to think that if any future employers don’t enjoy my self-deprecating humor it probably won’t make a great fit anyway.
I used the site as an opportunity to roll my own static site generator for no reason. Bit of a whatever website, but it was a fun learning experience nonetheless.
I like to think that if any future employers don’t enjoy my self-deprecating humor it probably won’t make a great fit anyway.
I used the site as an opportunity to roll my own static site generator for no reason. Bit of a whatever website, but it was a fun learning experience nonetheless.
Will throw mine in the mix: https://trevore.com/
Static site built with hugo, hosted on a 5$/month DigitalOcean droplet, using LetsEncrypt for TLS. Been considering some other hosting options that might be cheaper since I barely get any traffic, other than a couple times my posts went viral.
Huge respect to those that can consistently push out content. I have a big list of articles I want to write, but always lose motivation when it comes down to it. Maybe I'm a slow writer, it seems to take me an entire day to write something I'm proud to share.
Static site built with hugo, hosted on a 5$/month DigitalOcean droplet, using LetsEncrypt for TLS. Been considering some other hosting options that might be cheaper since I barely get any traffic, other than a couple times my posts went viral.
Huge respect to those that can consistently push out content. I have a big list of articles I want to write, but always lose motivation when it comes down to it. Maybe I'm a slow writer, it seems to take me an entire day to write something I'm proud to share.
Definitely look into something like S3 + CloudFront, or Netlify if you don't want to set any of that up yourself.
Yes, S3 + CloudFront. I host a bunch of domains, including few whose properties/IP/company was acquired. The monthly for the static hosting is less than a dollar a month.
Cloudflare > CloudFront + S3 (sometimes just S3 responding to Cloudflare's request). I could have done Route53 but I've lots of other domains managed by Cloudflare.
I have a single instance Jekyll setup that spits out a bunch of index.html files for all the domains, including my primary personal[1]. To automate further, the setup runs within a few NPM modules, and gulp does the compile and build. When I need to change/update something, I let it build and then deploy to the primary S3 Bucket. The deployment is done with the S3_website[2] Gem.
Been running this setup for over 3 years or so. I can strip away everything and just stay with the minimal Jekyll setup and manually upload the files.
1. https://brajeshwar.me
2. https://github.com/laurilehmijoki/s3_website
Cloudflare > CloudFront + S3 (sometimes just S3 responding to Cloudflare's request). I could have done Route53 but I've lots of other domains managed by Cloudflare.
I have a single instance Jekyll setup that spits out a bunch of index.html files for all the domains, including my primary personal[1]. To automate further, the setup runs within a few NPM modules, and gulp does the compile and build. When I need to change/update something, I let it build and then deploy to the primary S3 Bucket. The deployment is done with the S3_website[2] Gem.
Been running this setup for over 3 years or so. I can strip away everything and just stay with the minimal Jekyll setup and manually upload the files.
1. https://brajeshwar.me
2. https://github.com/laurilehmijoki/s3_website
Hey thanks! Added you to the directory https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
My first attempt at a professional portfolio: http://bradbain.com (or bradba.in)
I’m pretty proud of it, but I know things can always be improved. The portfolios shared in this thread though provide such inspiration!
I’m pretty proud of it, but I know things can always be improved. The portfolios shared in this thread though provide such inspiration!
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I recently built my personal site and this is the first time I'm sharing it with the world! https://matthewblode.com/
Two kinds of minimalism
Me - https://dcpos.ch
Paul Shen - https://bypaulshen.com
Me - https://dcpos.ch
Paul Shen - https://bypaulshen.com
Ha! The man page inspired design made me really happy. Thanks for sharing.
Check me out: https://castrio.me/
I'm most proud of the hover outlines, which I spent way too long making. They're on npm as a React component if anyone else finds them cool: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dynamic-outlines
I'm most proud of the hover outlines, which I spent way too long making. They're on npm as a React component if anyone else finds them cool: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dynamic-outlines
These hover outlines look awesome! Definitely a fun little personal detail.
Really great yellows in there! Added you here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Professional: https://me.jrl.ninja/
Personal: https://jrl.ninja/
Both are ~1 KiB handcrafted html + css, excluding the web font. I like minimalism. Hope you like it too!
Both are ~1 KiB handcrafted html + css, excluding the web font. I like minimalism. Hope you like it too!
Thankyou - listed https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Thanks! :D
Great site, by the way. I've been looking for some personal site inspiration and you've got a great aggregation going on here.
Great site, by the way. I've been looking for some personal site inspiration and you've got a great aggregation going on here.
I love it!
I recently learnt web-dev and made this:
http://www.bhaskarnair.me/
it's not that good not even near those given in the links but hey, it's my website and I'd love some suggestions!
http://www.bhaskarnair.me/
it's not that good not even near those given in the links but hey, it's my website and I'd love some suggestions!
Ok, great! Responded here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Here is mine - https://krtkush.com
It's a modified jekyll theme so the design is not originally mine.
It's a modified jekyll theme so the design is not originally mine.
Thankyou! Gave you an entry here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Here's mine:
http://payodpanda.com
Unfortunately I haven't updated it in a while, but I plan on doing that in a couple of weeks with recent projects.
Unfortunately I haven't updated it in a while, but I plan on doing that in a couple of weeks with recent projects.
This is a great expansion on the minimalist sites everyone is posting. Listed you here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Thanks! That's a great list for inspiration.
Mine's https://www.jamestease.co.uk . I designed it about five years ago and can't be bothered to change it now :)
Ok you are added here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
Here's mine: https://gerogerke.de/
Self-written with React for component reuse. Hosted on my Hetzner Dedicated, Dockerized and Reverse proxied with Traefik.
Code: https://github.com/Empty2k12/portfolio/
Self-written with React for component reuse. Hosted on my Hetzner Dedicated, Dockerized and Reverse proxied with Traefik.
Code: https://github.com/Empty2k12/portfolio/
Added you here https://www.kickscondor.com/hrefhunt/
I like the little GG that flashes for a moment.
I like the little GG that flashes for a moment.
Mine => https://palerdot.in
A tad basic, but mine at https://www.jeremycantu.com tries to do the whole "multi-discipline" angle with that toggle in the center, which I thought might be a neat element for folks with varying creative pursuits.
Mine's at https://ckuhl.com/
Here's some other ones that I've collected and found cool interesting.
https://haldean.org/
https://nikhil.io/
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/
Here's some other ones that I've collected and found cool interesting.
https://haldean.org/
https://nikhil.io/
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/
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Here's mine: https://thomasnyberg.com
I think I might win the prize for the laziest and least fancy site. I've never even bothered to give any info page of who I am...
I think I might win the prize for the laziest and least fancy site. I've never even bothered to give any info page of who I am...
Here's my website: https://praveen.science/
And here's my blog page: https://blog.praveen.science/
And here's my blog page: https://blog.praveen.science/
I pointed out my personal website earlier in the thread, but later recalled I’ve kept archives of every major version going back to ~2000. They sort of capture trends over time.
http://v1.harishnarayanan.org
http://v2.harishnarayanan.org
http://v3.harishnarayanan.org
http://v4.harishnarayanan.org
http://v5.harishnarayanan.org
https://harishnarayanan.org
http://v1.harishnarayanan.org
http://v2.harishnarayanan.org
http://v3.harishnarayanan.org
http://v4.harishnarayanan.org
http://v5.harishnarayanan.org
https://harishnarayanan.org
I'm a fan of simplicity, speed and Jekyll. I have my own personal site at https://heiswayi.nrird.com
Also, I built few minimalist Jekyll themes.
Also, I built few minimalist Jekyll themes.
mines based off of windows GUI with my projects page being a faux terminal
https://rproietto.xyz
https://rproietto.xyz
I’ll throw mine in the ring:
http://kermittdavis.com
http://kermittdavis.com
https://rozgo.github.io/
I try. Dynamical systems engineer is difficult to describe with text.
I try. Dynamical systems engineer is difficult to describe with text.
I'm thinking about moving my site off GitHub pages to allow for some more interesting kinds of features (with a DB), though in general I strongly believe that sites like a personal blog or portfolio should be as lightweight as possible.
Really cool article!
Ironically, the portfolio site appears to have a console error. Whenever the background is clicked on (to create a shape), it logs "> p5.js says: color() was expecting Number for parameter #0 (zero-based index), received p5.Color instead."
Ironically, the portfolio site appears to have a console error. Whenever the background is clicked on (to create a shape), it logs "> p5.js says: color() was expecting Number for parameter #0 (zero-based index), received p5.Color instead."
Pretty cool concept on Timo Becker's site[0] (linked in TFA), and I'm trying to figure out how it's accomplished.
If memory serves, there's 6! = 720 distinct graphs. Was a custom illustration created for each of those?
Either way, really nicely done IMHO.
[0] https://timobecker.com/
If memory serves, there's 6! = 720 distinct graphs. Was a custom illustration created for each of those?
Either way, really nicely done IMHO.
[0] https://timobecker.com/
I was wondering the same, but I thought the number of illustrations would be 7!/2 = 2520, that is, the number of permutations for 7 different elements, divided by 2 because symmetrical sequences generate the same drawing.
Is it incorrect? How do you get "6!" ?
720 custom doodles seems doable, 2520 seems a bit much, so I suspect my reasoning for 7!/2 is wrong :)
Edit : oh, I see how for all closed paths all 7 permutations are the same so we can divide by 7 for closed paths, but there are still the open paths... hmmm (still pondering)
Edit 2 : aaaah, got it, I did not notice he was always closing the path himself... tss that's cheating :)
Is it incorrect? How do you get "6!" ?
720 custom doodles seems doable, 2520 seems a bit much, so I suspect my reasoning for 7!/2 is wrong :)
Edit : oh, I see how for all closed paths all 7 permutations are the same so we can divide by 7 for closed paths, but there are still the open paths... hmmm (still pondering)
Edit 2 : aaaah, got it, I did not notice he was always closing the path himself... tss that's cheating :)
Yep, in the code there are 360 unique drawing references.
360 = 7!/(2*7)
7! different ways to choose a closed path on the seven nodes. However, it doesn't matter which node you start on, so divide by 7. It also doesn't matter which direction they are chosen in, so divide by 2.
360 = 7!/(2*7)
7! different ways to choose a closed path on the seven nodes. However, it doesn't matter which node you start on, so divide by 7. It also doesn't matter which direction they are chosen in, so divide by 2.
I believe you're right! Now that I've publicly displayed my ignorance, I discovered this message in the console:
> Curios how its done? We are using paper.js and gatsby.js. Some behind the scenes: http://volligohne.de/projekte/timobecker/. Check out the source code https://github.com/voellig-ohne/timobecker
Sources for drawings: https://github.com/voellig-ohne/timobecker/tree/master/compo...
I can't say that I'm any less impressed that it's "only" 360 drawings :)
> Curios how its done? We are using paper.js and gatsby.js. Some behind the scenes: http://volligohne.de/projekte/timobecker/. Check out the source code https://github.com/voellig-ohne/timobecker
Sources for drawings: https://github.com/voellig-ohne/timobecker/tree/master/compo...
I can't say that I'm any less impressed that it's "only" 360 drawings :)
http://vincentmtang.com is mine
My site sucks though, I haven't had time to update it unfortunately. I still have about 50-100 blog posts I have on backlog I want to write about.
My train of thought is writing (or making videos) is more important since I want to capture things that happen in my life, and my adventures of screw ups and learning experiences. You can always make your portfolio later.
My site sucks though, I haven't had time to update it unfortunately. I still have about 50-100 blog posts I have on backlog I want to write about.
My train of thought is writing (or making videos) is more important since I want to capture things that happen in my life, and my adventures of screw ups and learning experiences. You can always make your portfolio later.
I use my site mostly as a personal log, with an emphasis on simplicity. Excluding pics, almost everything is <100KB
https://ethanmye.rs
https://ethanmye.rs
https://terkel.com
My old website (2016) is super outdated and lack real content, but it's creative and works.
The source code: https://github.com/terkelg/terkel.com-2016
My old website (2016) is super outdated and lack real content, but it's creative and works.
The source code: https://github.com/terkelg/terkel.com-2016
Anyone else find it depressing looking at all these awesome portfolio sites?
I’m a halfway-competent frontend developer who can build most things when I’m given a design, but I can’t imagine ever coming up with a cool quirky idea like this by myself. Where do you even begin?
I’m a halfway-competent frontend developer who can build most things when I’m given a design, but I can’t imagine ever coming up with a cool quirky idea like this by myself. Where do you even begin?
If the designer I share an office with is anything to go by a key part is spending a good chunk of your day looking at other peoples designs..
As pixelbash said. You have to keep looking at new inspiration, and your subconscious mind will ruminate on it to give you interesting new combinations & ideas.
Find a website design you like. Find a comic / movie / art piece you like . Smash the two color scheme / designs aesthetics together . Most creativity is smashing together previous stimuli into new things. Creative people can just do it a lot more easily and unconsciously like a muscle reflex
Edit: lol even one of the other repliers is called ‘pixelbash’
Edit: lol even one of the other repliers is called ‘pixelbash’
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Thanks, I appreciate the idea! I think part of the problem is believing I can do it, I’m not sure how to overcome that
I read your comment, wanted to reply, didn't know what to say.
I moved on, ended up reading a speech by Neil Gaiman[1], with a quote that reminded me of your plight.
> Someone asked me recently how to do something she thought was going to be difficult, in this case recording an audio book, and I suggested she pretend that she was someone who could do it. Not pretend to do it, but pretend she was someone who could. She put up a notice to this effect on the studio wall, and she said it helped.
[1] https://www.uarts.edu/neil-gaiman-keynote-address-2012
> Someone asked me recently how to do something she thought was going to be difficult, in this case recording an audio book, and I suggested she pretend that she was someone who could do it. Not pretend to do it, but pretend she was someone who could. She put up a notice to this effect on the studio wall, and she said it helped.
[1] https://www.uarts.edu/neil-gaiman-keynote-address-2012
Building a personal site is initially a design and time management exercise.
Set aside a few hours a night, and before getting into Vue.js, CSS, etc., jot down a list of pages, sketch out a layout, and gather inspiration for the visual style and any creative ideas you want to add.
Set aside a few hours a night, and before getting into Vue.js, CSS, etc., jot down a list of pages, sketch out a layout, and gather inspiration for the visual style and any creative ideas you want to add.
To comfort you these probably aren't the 1%, it's more likely the 0.1% or maybe the 1% of the 1% you see.
Everyone cribs from each other. :D
Really - find what elements attract you and reshape them. I think the more pages you look at, the more your brain will get stirred up about it.
Really - find what elements attract you and reshape them. I think the more pages you look at, the more your brain will get stirred up about it.
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I think the most important thing is to focus on original design, and to treat said design as solving a problem defined by constraints.
While most of my site has the feature flags disabled (still working on content), I’m really happy with the design! It was really hard and it took a lot of work, but in the end I think it turned out very original and authentically me.
https://asimpletune.github.io
While most of my site has the feature flags disabled (still working on content), I’m really happy with the design! It was really hard and it took a lot of work, but in the end I think it turned out very original and authentically me.
https://asimpletune.github.io
I am curious if anyone has advice/tips for getting a simple portfolio up and running. I am a physics phd student who has worked on a few side projects that I would like to showcase. I am looking into Jekyll and hosting it on github, but I am not sure if this is ideal for a simple static site.
Seems great if you are comfortable with Jekyll. If not, find one that you grok and go from there.
You can setup Gitlab for hosting as well. I use Gitlab CI to build my Hugo site, then Gitlab also does the hosting.
This approach gives a lot better flexibility than Github's standard Jekyll.
This approach gives a lot better flexibility than Github's standard Jekyll.
Depends on how simple you want to get. If literally displaying text once in a while, you don't even need jekyll. If you are a blog writer, want some sort of templating / reusable snippets, or want cool themes then jekyll is good.
Github pages is awesome, I would only do Jekyll if you want to host a blog though, otherwise its overkill.
I'm an (veteran?) Software Dev with close to 20 years experience. I've never had a portfolio, I always thought a resumé and a list of successfully completed projects was enough. HR usually only looks at resumé, freelance customers usually couldn't care less of it seems. Only devs would care about another devs portfolio (in my opinion).
Any other opinions?
Any other opinions?
A portfolio seems pretty useless to me if you have a decent CV.
I don't think it's a requirement, but I'm pretty sure mine's helped me get hired, both for freelance and full-time gigs. I've definitely had interviews where it seemed like they were already sold on me before the interview even started.
> Only devs would care about another devs portfolio (in my opinion).
It's often devs who perform some of the interviews ;)
Also, my portfolio has quite a bit more content then you'd ever want to put in a resume. I don't feel like there's any need to limit it to 1-2 pages, so it has 90+ projects with pictures and 1-3 paragraphs of text describing each one. I think that has to have some impact, even if only on a subliminal level.
> Only devs would care about another devs portfolio (in my opinion).
It's often devs who perform some of the interviews ;)
Also, my portfolio has quite a bit more content then you'd ever want to put in a resume. I don't feel like there's any need to limit it to 1-2 pages, so it has 90+ projects with pictures and 1-3 paragraphs of text describing each one. I think that has to have some impact, even if only on a subliminal level.
From my past life as a hiring manager: having a portfolio (or better yet a demo that you can show during your interview) helps junior hires a lot. It helps in 2 major ways:
1. I can see that the junior hire actually _did_ something worthwhile in addition to their mandatory coursework
2. It creates a topic for discussion that is: a). more comfortable for the candidate and b). more revealing about their work-related traits.
It's a win-win. For senior candidates I just look at the track record. If they have a relevant project on e.g. GitHub, I might take a look, but it's not going to sway anything in a major way unless it happens to be exactly the domain expertise we're looking for, which happened only once.
That's a small company though. A large company will not even look at your portfolio or GitHub unless you're a GitHub superstar of some sort, and maybe not even then. There are several well publicized stories when people who drive huge projects on GH failed to get an offer from FANGs of the world.
The best dev we hired though, had nothing on github and did not have a portfolio. He just wrote code three times faster than anybody I've ever seen and without any bugs.
1. I can see that the junior hire actually _did_ something worthwhile in addition to their mandatory coursework
2. It creates a topic for discussion that is: a). more comfortable for the candidate and b). more revealing about their work-related traits.
It's a win-win. For senior candidates I just look at the track record. If they have a relevant project on e.g. GitHub, I might take a look, but it's not going to sway anything in a major way unless it happens to be exactly the domain expertise we're looking for, which happened only once.
That's a small company though. A large company will not even look at your portfolio or GitHub unless you're a GitHub superstar of some sort, and maybe not even then. There are several well publicized stories when people who drive huge projects on GH failed to get an offer from FANGs of the world.
The best dev we hired though, had nothing on github and did not have a portfolio. He just wrote code three times faster than anybody I've ever seen and without any bugs.
I have it mostly for speaking and blogging purposes; however, I get a pretty decent stream of people reaching out to me over it which would be really cool if I were looking for a job! I think it also really helps candidates stand out.
Looking at all of these portfolios only serves to remind me that although I work in tech, I have very little in common with frontend devs in terms of what I think is good or interesting. Most of what has been posted as examples of 'these are great personal sites!' I find actively annoying.
I am not a stick in the mud. :) I just work in a different part of the field, and finding work has never been an issue. So do many others, and they're fine, too. I wouldn't worry about it.
I am not a stick in the mud. :) I just work in a different part of the field, and finding work has never been an issue. So do many others, and they're fine, too. I wouldn't worry about it.
I've got a pretty minimalist one:
www.zainrizvi.io
Just realized I need to update my bio to now say I'm working at Google instead of Microsoft
Just realized I need to update my bio to now say I'm working at Google instead of Microsoft
Being a backend developer I am not quite good at making a good looking portfolio. My current site(http://adnansiddiqi.me) home page is the inspiration I took from some other site. All links are clicked by visitors but the blog one. Although my blog gives me more traffic(and work) than the actual home site. Will seek her advice for sure.
PS: In case if one wonders what I mean, check this Googe Analytics heatmap for my home page: https://imgur.com/a/swtufo9
PS: In case if one wonders what I mean, check this Googe Analytics heatmap for my home page: https://imgur.com/a/swtufo9
It's the ordering! I would put Blog first, and change this to a two-row layout. The first row with internal links, the second row with icons of your social sites.
Too many links man, too many links. And a weird location of the blog link. I would usually expect it to be the third link (home -> about -> blog -> contact -> everything else), not sixth.
You could reduce that list by three by showing another list with icons instead of the name (GitHub, LinkedIn, email).
You could reduce that list by three by showing another list with icons instead of the name (GitHub, LinkedIn, email).
Thanks for your input. Will try it for sure.
feedback please:
http://dogself.com
http://dogself.com
Some of my work: https://www.michaelfogleman.com/
Thanks for sharing! Your projects are awesome.
1. Be a frontend developer
2. Draw the rest of the f* owl
2. Draw the rest of the f* owl
Seriously. What’s a backend developer to do?
Most of my career has actually been on the backend! Just keep the site simple!
Not to diminish, but by most of your career you mean 2 years, right? Because you say you graduated from college with a BA in 2016.
Truth be told that makes this much more impressive...
Truth be told that makes this much more impressive...
three -- I was working full time as a software engineer for the year before that. I also had two internships before that which I don't list.
I'll toss mine out there as well: https://www.david-sawyer.com
Written from scratch. Just wanted to keep it simple and straightforward. It runs on a $5/month DO box.
Written from scratch. Just wanted to keep it simple and straightforward. It runs on a $5/month DO box.
That's funny. When reading the title I was expecting a post giving tips to build good content for a portfolio (e.g. what kinds of project should be highlighted more than others, how to balance different skills, etc), but it exclusively focuses on styling/designing the website. Nobody else in the comments seems surprise so it's probably me :)
Totally agree with you, my portfolio is my github. I don't need fancy graphics to show I am a good engineer, just look at the code I wrote.
I’ll throw mine in the ring: http://jennerhanni.net
I started out on Jekyll on Github Pages because I needed a place to put photos and I don’t use Facebook, Flickr, Google Plus, etc. It’s super simple, serving the photos on Smugmug for a yearly fee, and it works just fine for friends and family when I send a direct link. It feels manageable in a way that social media (for me) often doesn’t.
I’m moving from hardware to software and it’s been a struggle to organize my resume and portfolio. I’m pleased with how it looks now with the sorting by category.
And, of course, I had to go and get a writing hobby where nobody wants you to post anything online because they want first publishing rights. So I have a page where I guess I’ll just list things I’ve exhibited or published when I really want to post the poems or articles themselves. It’s the writing version of “but the client insists this remain closed source” when I just want to share and geek out about everything I make. :(
I started out on Jekyll on Github Pages because I needed a place to put photos and I don’t use Facebook, Flickr, Google Plus, etc. It’s super simple, serving the photos on Smugmug for a yearly fee, and it works just fine for friends and family when I send a direct link. It feels manageable in a way that social media (for me) often doesn’t.
I’m moving from hardware to software and it’s been a struggle to organize my resume and portfolio. I’m pleased with how it looks now with the sorting by category.
And, of course, I had to go and get a writing hobby where nobody wants you to post anything online because they want first publishing rights. So I have a page where I guess I’ll just list things I’ve exhibited or published when I really want to post the poems or articles themselves. It’s the writing version of “but the client insists this remain closed source” when I just want to share and geek out about everything I make. :(
Mine is more or less a flexible CV which expands to give more details as necessary: http://tylerkrupicka.com
Computer Eng. student here too! Nice portfolio :)
Just to let know you have a typo in the intro: "engieering".
Frontend dev, content marketing in the API space, and multimedia art
https://lucidbeaming.net/
No CMS. Just a single pager with some JSON config.
https://lucidbeaming.net/
No CMS. Just a single pager with some JSON config.
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Here's my site: http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/
It used to be in AngularJS, now it's vanilla HTML & CSS. Mostly typography with just a little bit of animation.
It used to be in AngularJS, now it's vanilla HTML & CSS. Mostly typography with just a little bit of animation.
Going to be honest, it doesn't look great and I don't think it shows off any designer skills you may have.
I'm a designer 70% of the time, but I also do a lot of front-end, and iOS development work. Don't know how to show a combination of design and dev-only projects without confusing clients.
Anybody have links to example portfolios that solve this problem well?
Anybody have links to example portfolios that solve this problem well?
You could do two tabs, I have the tab for speaking and the tab for projects -- you could do a design tab and a code tab!
Pretty cool!
I basically gave up on this, because somehow I never finished my private projects.
I basically gave up on this, because somehow I never finished my private projects.
This makes me wish I took more screenshots of my old websites. My personal sites have had some very fun evolutions, including some outrageous styles/themes. May have to checkout the Wayback
Machine. I’ve migrated from Wordpress, to rails, to Hakyll, and finally to my own static site generator in Kotlin, Kakyll. :)
My most recent change which significantly improved traffic was making it mobile friendly. Im also no in the process of making blog content fit to percentages of the page instead of absolute pixel size.
My one issue is that I’m always a bit concerned that my first page is a wall of blog post titles... not the most pretty. feedback welcome: http://kennycason.com
My most recent change which significantly improved traffic was making it mobile friendly. Im also no in the process of making blog content fit to percentages of the page instead of absolute pixel size.
My one issue is that I’m always a bit concerned that my first page is a wall of blog post titles... not the most pretty. feedback welcome: http://kennycason.com
I like it -- I would make the font a little bit bigger so it's easier to read. I just did a few tweaks on it https://imgur.com/a/OfFruwF and I think its a little easier to read -- just changed font to "sans-serif" increased line height and font size to 1.25rem.
Thanks a lot, and double thanks for the specific feedback! Will incorporate. :)
I always ask people if they looked at website, my code or anything before hiring me and the overwhelming answer is no. I've always had to get things in front of people just get them to see the extent of work. People think you need a portfolio to get hired you don't. I've built over 30 web-apps in the last decade, and I've never bothered to screen cap them.
People only care what you can immediately do for them and if its not 1-to-1 with what they want they don't care.
Its sad but its true.
People only care what you can immediately do for them and if its not 1-to-1 with what they want they don't care.
Its sad but its true.
Bring a color-print out of your projects. This worked wonders for me when I was applying to jobs.
For reference, my website is here: https://www.alexpetralia.com. I printed out the first page, then could talk about each project quite tangibly with the print-out in hand.
You still need a portfolio, you just also have to SHOW it. It is your job as an applicant, not theirs to research every candidate that comes by.
For reference, my website is here: https://www.alexpetralia.com. I printed out the first page, then could talk about each project quite tangibly with the print-out in hand.
You still need a portfolio, you just also have to SHOW it. It is your job as an applicant, not theirs to research every candidate that comes by.
Very nice portfolio, thank you for sharing!
I do have a somewhat unrelated comment, though. Looking through some of the examples, I have found an analysis of charity „effectiveness“ where effectiveness is defined very simplistically as the amount of money directed to the cause. I just want to highlight that this kind of measure does not tell you much about the real life effectiveness of charities in terms of how much GOOD they actually do because the effectiveness of causes/interventions themselves vary wildly per charity. For example, there is an organization called playpumps international which has likely worsened the life of villagers where they sponsored complicated water pumps that required kids to play on them to produce water compared to simple water pumps that looked less fun but could be used without this effort. Compare this to the Against Malaria Foundation which has consistently shown to be able to save lifes by costeffectively distributing treated bed nets in rural areas of Africa.
For donation recommendations have a look at www.givewell.org or for more general information about the topic, check out www.effectivealtruism.com
If you are totally awesome you could also consider to update your project with references to these websites and if you should use this project in a future pitch shine with great evidence and expertise on the topic ;)
I do have a somewhat unrelated comment, though. Looking through some of the examples, I have found an analysis of charity „effectiveness“ where effectiveness is defined very simplistically as the amount of money directed to the cause. I just want to highlight that this kind of measure does not tell you much about the real life effectiveness of charities in terms of how much GOOD they actually do because the effectiveness of causes/interventions themselves vary wildly per charity. For example, there is an organization called playpumps international which has likely worsened the life of villagers where they sponsored complicated water pumps that required kids to play on them to produce water compared to simple water pumps that looked less fun but could be used without this effort. Compare this to the Against Malaria Foundation which has consistently shown to be able to save lifes by costeffectively distributing treated bed nets in rural areas of Africa.
For donation recommendations have a look at www.givewell.org or for more general information about the topic, check out www.effectivealtruism.com
If you are totally awesome you could also consider to update your project with references to these websites and if you should use this project in a future pitch shine with great evidence and expertise on the topic ;)
As someone who knows nothing about typography, I just wanted to let you know that I really like your choice of fonts and the logo you're using!
The only time I was ever asked about "portfolio" type stuff was when my resume was extremely short (1.5 years of not-super-interesting work). Landed a job that was way more interesting solely on the strength of some research-y stuff I'd done in school while contemplating going to grad school.
The reverse of this, however, has impacted our hiring process in the past. We never really looked for things from someone's portfolio or personal website as a way to judge their skill level, but we have been much more critical on some prospects due to their personal site.
I won't personally judge harshly if it's not prominently displayed on linkedin, or easily searchable. But we've had several candidates that had links to their personal website on linkedin, or even in their resume, and they were ATROCIOUS. I just find it crazy that someone would advertise a personal website that was poorly written. If it's a personal project you don't work on much, then don't show it off on your professional resume.
But I agree with your initial point, we never really used portfolio sites to determine if they were worth hiring.
I won't personally judge harshly if it's not prominently displayed on linkedin, or easily searchable. But we've had several candidates that had links to their personal website on linkedin, or even in their resume, and they were ATROCIOUS. I just find it crazy that someone would advertise a personal website that was poorly written. If it's a personal project you don't work on much, then don't show it off on your professional resume.
But I agree with your initial point, we never really used portfolio sites to determine if they were worth hiring.
Yeah -- mine is more for speaking and blogging instead of looking for jobs. Though, I do get approached by companies all the time because of my portfolio. Definitely not necessary, but it can be really helpful as well.
The last three jobs I had at smaller companies definitely had someone at least look at my Github portfolio which is quite extensive. I know because the person who looked told me once they were my coworker.
They said it was immediately obvious I knew what I was doing. Nice to have that edge over people who have nothing to show.
They said it was immediately obvious I knew what I was doing. Nice to have that edge over people who have nothing to show.
Just a heads up, your Simon Says project on your personal page doesn't seem to work properly (Chrome on Windows). Every time I click start, and then try to follow it, it just resets.
Ah weird -- it's working for me. It was definitely an hour and a half long "I'm using a queue data structure in real life" experiment. Thanks for the heads up!
I teach software engineering to about 120 undergraduates a year, and require them to build a professional portfolio during the first week of class. I used to have them use WordPress, but the results were very uneven. To enable them to focus on content until their skills were sufficient to create a non-embarrassing custom design, I created the open source project TechFolios:
http://techfolios.github.io/
I've just finished a MVP of a desktop app in Electron for creating TechFolios called TechFolio Designer:
http://techfolios.github.io/designer.html
I would be interested to know of similar sites/approaches.
http://techfolios.github.io/
I've just finished a MVP of a desktop app in Electron for creating TechFolios called TechFolio Designer:
http://techfolios.github.io/designer.html
I would be interested to know of similar sites/approaches.
Oh hey Dr. Johnson, fancy seeing you here!
Here is an example of TechFolios in the wild [1] which I built while I was in his class. https://spyhi.github.io/
(I’ve let it fall a bit out of date since the class, but this thread is good inspiration!)
Here is an example of TechFolios in the wild [1] which I built while I was in his class. https://spyhi.github.io/
(I’ve let it fall a bit out of date since the class, but this thread is good inspiration!)
Hey, this is pretty nice! The grey in the nav bar is a little severe for my taste but I really appreciate that it loads fast even on my mediocre connection. Seems like a neat tool.
I'm someone who focuses on UI and loves animated work, and... I can't stand portfolios that try to be _cute_. Some of the example portfolios on the linked URL are examples of things I don't have patience for, and that I really think are objectively not good.
If I'm judging someone's work, I want to see that someone's work, and nothing else. Having an esoteric interface doesn't help.
Most people can create something profoundly artistic and nearly impenetrable when they're doing it for themselves. What you do when you have _someone else's_ goals in mind is what counts.
To me, trying too hard and creating something _too_ artistic normally means the person doesn't have a lot of experience.
If I'm judging someone's work, I want to see that someone's work, and nothing else. Having an esoteric interface doesn't help.
Most people can create something profoundly artistic and nearly impenetrable when they're doing it for themselves. What you do when you have _someone else's_ goals in mind is what counts.
To me, trying too hard and creating something _too_ artistic normally means the person doesn't have a lot of experience.
Would love some feedback too: http://portfolio.zehfernando.com/
I'd be grateful if anyone had any feedback on my portfolio https://paulsajna.com
I have a very minimal site where I post some stuff now and then. Feedback welcome :)
https://sivasubramanyam.me/
https://sivasubramanyam.me/
As someone who has been on both sides of the coin. My take is:
Don't make your site for anyone and everyone.
Keep a target audience in mind. Most of the time, the person that hires you is usually the target audience.
Don't try to be too cute. For example, I have seen sites/resumes where the whole thing looks like HTML tags. My first impression is "cute" but it makes it hard to read as you try to gather real information.
Most of the time when someone is looking at your site, they are asking themselves: - Who is is this person?
- What do they do?
- How much will it cost me. (Does it look expensive, cheap or reasonable what tier do they fall into. ex: Dominos pizza or Gourmet Pizza)
- Have they done any projects that are similar to what I'm looking to get done.
- Are they competent
- Do they look like someone I enjoy working with. (energy, attitude, views...)
Don't try to be too cute. For example, I have seen sites/resumes where the whole thing looks like HTML tags. My first impression is "cute" but it makes it hard to read as you try to gather real information.
Most of the time when someone is looking at your site, they are asking themselves: - Who is is this person?
- What do they do?
- How much will it cost me. (Does it look expensive, cheap or reasonable what tier do they fall into. ex: Dominos pizza or Gourmet Pizza)
- Have they done any projects that are similar to what I'm looking to get done.
- Are they competent
- Do they look like someone I enjoy working with. (energy, attitude, views...)
Here's me:
https://jsdw.me
I am proud to have maybe the slowest css animation ever used so that, if you wait several hours, you'll see the clouds move across the screen :D
https://jsdw.me
I am proud to have maybe the slowest css animation ever used so that, if you wait several hours, you'll see the clouds move across the screen :D
My PS: https://pypanta.github.io/
I built it using CSS grid. It's not yet all finished, but now, I have more experience with CSS grid ;), so maybe I need to rewrite some parts again. And also, now CSS grid have a better support across browsers.
I built it using CSS grid. It's not yet all finished, but now, I have more experience with CSS grid ;), so maybe I need to rewrite some parts again. And also, now CSS grid have a better support across browsers.
Mine is very simplistic, but some of the pages load slow because I haven’t optimized the images.
http://pascoe.pw
http://pascoe.pw
I totally ripped off google[1] . I'm working on a facebook, and YouTube one, because why not.
[1]: http://www.ibrahimdiallo.com
[1]: http://www.ibrahimdiallo.com
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My personal site where it is more about blogging than a personal portfolio: https://www.robinwieruch.de :)
Just started
I need a crash course in personal branding and selling myself, any good resources? Thanks!
Michael Fogleman has a kickass representation of his work [1] with a good discussion on HN [2]
I think what his portfolio shows is the importance of doing well scoped projects on the side and finishing them, which includes a succint representation on his portfolio.
Very inspiring, thanks for sharing Michael.
[1] https://www.michaelfogleman.com/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14445587.
I think what his portfolio shows is the importance of doing well scoped projects on the side and finishing them, which includes a succint representation on his portfolio.
Very inspiring, thanks for sharing Michael.
[1] https://www.michaelfogleman.com/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14445587.
You can find mine at https://www.fvcproductions.com.
It has scores of 100 on Lighthouse for everything except performance (98).
I still need to get rid of pagination on mine but based on what I've seen so far, I would be interested to see what percentage of these websites are highly performant/mobile-friendly.
I have a Raindrop.io collection of all the personal websites I think are amazing: https://raindrop.io/collection/1553680
It has scores of 100 on Lighthouse for everything except performance (98).
I still need to get rid of pagination on mine but based on what I've seen so far, I would be interested to see what percentage of these websites are highly performant/mobile-friendly.
I have a Raindrop.io collection of all the personal websites I think are amazing: https://raindrop.io/collection/1553680
Minor bug: When viewing from the home page to About on Safari at 1080p, your profile picture is squished horizontally. Refreshing fixes it.