I have created my Portfolio site as a computer underGrad. Please rate / roast it.
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from palmtrees2309@lemm.ee to programming@programming.dev on 20 Feb 09:38
https://lemm.ee/post/56120117
from palmtrees2309@lemm.ee to programming@programming.dev on 20 Feb 09:38
https://lemm.ee/post/56120117
Hello lemmy! I am a underGrad in Delhi, India. This is my portfolio website made with React, Typescript and Tailwind. Please go through it and if possible rate it.
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2/10
Sorry I will work on it. Thank you
Don’t apologise 😄 It might be better if you use bloggy parts of your site as a main page, they might be actually useful for you and other people. Make about page that is about you, what you have done (even small projects but not hello world level), what are you actually interested in doing. Right now it’s impossible to understand that. Some social links doesn’t work, or return 404.
As Jake the Dog said: “Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”
My comments from someone who doesn’t know much about programming yet:
Idea:
Overall, it was still okay, but needs some polishing
The coordinates on the home page are neat, but too long. Six decimals is already metre or centimetre accuracy, so either your values are just random after that or your doxxing yourself on a microscopic level 😉 I suggest cutting it off at three or four decimals to make it look cleaner.
I knew that so coordinate are for my college not my residence
This level of precision doesn’t make sense. I wouldn’t go any higher than 5 digits which is already meter accuracy.
Especially in the context of a portfolio, this would count against you for geospatial software roles.
Overall if it was just a personal site id say its ok. But as a portfolio site you have some work to make it align with your goals. Good luck!
On my phone the site is very stuttery when scrolling. Could be a problem on my end but maybe do some profiling to see if it's using a lot of resources and test it on lower end devices?
CSS Box Model
instead of usingflex
all over the place :)I will mention that I have JS disabled by default and your website shows up as a completely blank white page. You’re certainly not obliged to cater to weirdos like me, but you may be interested to know that there are some people who browse the web this way for speed, privacy or security reasons. Most websites I visit this way are fine because they are server-side rendered.
Firstly, you are probably going to need a pdf version of your resume. I’ve tried to get people to accept a website resume but they refuse, and explicitly want pdf. I link to a pdf on my website because of this. Do something similar.
Your notes are very in depth, and organized.
However, I agree with the other commenters about the overall site design and (over)use of JS. The cropping and spacing is overall poor, which only harms the site design further, given the already bad overall organization.
Another thing is icons. These are big and unevenly spaced. Use something like fontawesome (probably not this since it doesn’t have everything, you may end up having to find svg logo’s of the various things yourself) instead. If you are trying to do web development, your portfolio must look cleaner. Like in bootstrap, the place where the icon is, has sharp corners, which extend outward from bootstraps rounded corners.
I do disagree with one of the other commenters on the use of the term “language”. I like it. Especially for a resume, brevity is better. I think overall, you should compress your site down, rather than having so much wasted space.
First thing I noticed is that your navbar links don’t behave like links. This might be related why reloading the page takes you to the main page. Are you using react-router? You might no be using it correctly
Is it normal to doxx yourself putting your address online these days? Isn’t it better to have the city you are located?
I wouldn’t link to all my social networks on my professional page, unless you are 100% sure you aren’t saying anything that might make the recruiter be biased.
Having a PDF like someone else mentioned! Resumes usually go past RH people and they are never willing to look more than 10 seconds for the information they need.