I'm not sure what to say, I mean, it's a free web, you can do whatever you want, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste, especially because i know that you knew about prtfl.io
"You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
Execution, dear Wolfram, is the single-most important thing in our industry today. I personally have a shit ton of things I'm thinking about or that I might want to do some time. All worthless, until someone executes on them. Timo executed on this idea this weekend and the outcome is extraordinary, given the invested time. It shows that he is a very talented guy.
Well here is the nice thing: Just build something that is better and people will use it. It is that easy.
It didn't just happen - seems like you have intentionally copied someone else's idea, down to naming and design. You're obviously entitled to do so, but it's not something I would run bragging about on hn, especially without giving any credit the original work.
And saying "I don't see a problem here" after the original creator has pointed (quite gently) to the fact, is not very empathetic of you.
And I wasn't aware that anybody owned the space.
Good for you.
How many times does Paul Graham have to say "just launch"? Launch and iterate, iterate and then iterate some more. Talking about brand dilution on an unlaunched product is a moot point to say the least.
I'm not taking sides about what happened here, it seems murky at best, but you can't compare an idea to a product.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
What do developers showcase in their portfolio? How do you describe the projects you've worked on? What is a recruiter looking for when visiting your website?
It definitely tends to be less of a visual portfolio than a designer's.
A portfolio can also consist of project writeups/screenshots and/or links to live sites.
My answers to your questions are: 1. I showcase the projects I've been working on 2. I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves (README, code comments, etc.) 3. Someone very skilled to make them good money with little hassle
Can't disagree more.
If I'm hiring a freelance developer, I want to be assured of their "here's my problem, help me come up with a solution" abilities. Simply linking to an app they build for a client or a Github project doesn't necessarily tell me everything I want to know. Why does this exist, and what problem was it trying to solve? And did it end up solving said problem, if so — how?
Feedback -
- I'm a fool and was looking around for somewhere to click to go through to my site - what about a small link somewhere around http://d.jdkram.net/W7nY? Or maybe a second button the "Welcome" tab.
- Hovering over all of the entry titles in 'Account' (Facebook, Google+ etc.) switches the cursor to a hand. Apologies if this is intentional.
- It would be nice to have a little explanation regarding what you're asking for in the box: something like http://d.jdkram.net/4GEL would help keep the look clean and let you explain where to get the info you're asking for. Alternatively continue with your current norm and use greyed out text within the boxes saying "e.g. 107633175658115732197".
- This has just been added. - The text was ment to be a label for the input box. I'll fix that. - Yeah, there's a lot of explaination and help texts missing. I'll add this when I got more time this week.
- The slider for draft/live seems counter-intuitive to me, clicking on draft makes it live and vice versa.
- I was about to suggest the ability to add font awesome icons but I see it's already there! How about advertising this feature on the editor page somewhere? Or adding a menu for placing icons tags like <i class="icon-camera-retro"></i> in quickly?
Saying that, the design works so well because it is so simple and fast.
- after signing in/up, there is no link on any page that actually links you to your portfolio.
- The welcome page is a waste of space right now. It only has a link to give you feedback, while providing the user no useful information.
- If you're making me sign in with github, the projects section shouldn't be empty. It should pull from my github
- Under Theme, I understand it's probably more work than it's worth right now to preview the themes for a weekend project - but the link out to bootswatch should at least go to the preview so I know what I'm choosing: http://bootswatch.com/#gallery
- That has been added - Yep, indeed. I'll think about what's best in this place. - That's what I initially planned and that's going to come for sure :-D - Great idea, thanks!
I also got a little carried away, wrote out my about page, and even wrote three blog posts. Yes three. I'm a fan.
I could be awesome to get automatically the projects from Github.
And also being able to re-arrange the order of projects. I personally want to arrange them chronologically and also edit them.
Hope you will continue to dev it. The good thing to know : there is a need for this kind of solution :)
The image example is for effect, but it does look goofy at 1980px viewport width too.
i can see this idea being used for other professions, but if you're a dev, then i feel your website is a free pass to show off your true skills, creativity..
either way, great job.. keep developing
