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How HN took it
11 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 13 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 1 for, 8 againstIdea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, creative terminal-style design
From 3 comments
This is a pretty fun little site. I have a few unsolicited suggestions, of course. ;) * My first thought was "work history? OK, where's your resume?" On second viewing it may be…
obviouslygreen on HNWow, this is really well executed. Sweet concept and design, Adam!
nottombrown on HNGreat job. I would include more commands. Like to change the page background color, the font, etc. You know, show off.
orangethirty on HN
Good for getting noticed by recruiters
From 2 comments
I love stuff like this. If i was hiring some talent, something like this would really get my attention. Kudos to the person that put it together, but at the same time, I do worry…
krmmalik on HNThis is awesome. You probably know a very good friend of mine....he is originally from Jamaica and played Soccer for Emory too. Not too sure if I want to call out his name on…
marcamillion on HN
Objections
Tab completion missing
From 2 comments
Got really mad about lack of tab completion
nvr219 on HNTyped "fav". Hit Tab. Did not complete. Wat.
malcolmmcc on HN
Not responsive on small or sideways screens
From 2 comments
I browse in a 1050x1680 side monitor, and you seem to be assuming minimum 1280w - about 20% of the page is scrolled off the side. I can't remember the last time I saw a…
cdr on HNThe non-responsive design doesn't fit on my netbook's small screen. Likewise for my phone. It also doesn't work on my netbook running FreeBSD & Xombrero browser. It just loads a…
D9u on HN
Icons unclear without tooltips or captions
From 2 comments
This looks pretty sweet! I'd add tooltips or captions for the icons at the bottom of the page. Some of them are instantly recognizable (github, instagram, twitter etc.) but it's…
jivid on HNThis is a pretty fun little site. I have a few unsolicited suggestions, of course. ;) * My first thought was "work history? OK, where's your resume?" On second viewing it may be…
obviouslygreen on HN
Lacks resume or work history for hiring
From 2 comments
This is a pretty fun little site. I have a few unsolicited suggestions, of course. ;) * My first thought was "work history? OK, where's your resume?" On second viewing it may be…
obviouslygreen on HNIf you're using this page to get hired, be warned that while this will impress future colleagues, actual hiring managers may get confused, or just not bother. So make it much…
blowski on HN
Requests
Add tab completion
From 2 comments
Oh yes, PLEASE add tab completion, would please my inner shell-mage. Tried 'sudo apt-get install bash-completion', didn't work :(
laander on HNtab completion and some new commands coming shortly! thanks everyone for all the awesome suggestions!
ajwaxman on HN
Add more commands like ls, df, man alias, whoami
From 3 comments
Neat, but I was immediately disappointed when I typed "ls" and "df" and got "unknown command" for both. If it's going to look like a *nix shell, it ought to recognize the most…
Bill_Dimm on HNI like it, but before reading the MOTD I'd already typed 'man'. Any chance you could alias 'man' to 'help'? It'd make it more UNIXy... if that's a word.
Intermernet on HNYou should add a "whoami" command because thats the basic unix command to determine who the user is. Then you can put some information about yourself there. Also, instead of…
chacham15 on HN
Add tooltips to icons
From 2 comments
This looks pretty sweet! I'd add tooltips or captions for the icons at the bottom of the page. Some of them are instantly recognizable (github, instagram, twitter etc.) but it's…
jivid on HN+1 on this - I had to look at the status bar to see where these URLs would take me for some of them...
Inversechi on HN
Make layout responsive
From 2 comments
I browse in a 1050x1680 side monitor, and you seem to be assuming minimum 1280w - about 20% of the page is scrolled off the side. I can't remember the last time I saw a…
cdr on HNGood job, I like it! But please, responsiveness.
Guillaumeish on HN
Questions
How was it built?
From 2 comments
I'm actually curious to hear how you built this! :) As someone learning to code, myself.
cuppy on HNwhat language / framework did you use to make this? nice job btw!
intellegacy on HN
Alternatives named
Other terminal-style personal homepages (bentruyman.com, jimmyl.ee, alinelerner.com)
From 3 comments
I did something similar on my site: http://bentruyman.com/ (clicking the little gear or pressing ` on your keyboard). You can read the source for it here (sorry it's in…
bentruyman on HNA friend of mine did something very similar for his homepage: http://jimmyl.ee/
whyrusleeping on HNGreat job! My site has been a terminal for a while. I keep meaning to add new commands, but for now I'm just collecting stats on what people type :) http://www.alinelerner.com
leeny on HN