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103points
80comments
#221of 1,739 in 2013
Top 13%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

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

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

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 HN
    • Wow, this is really well executed. Sweet concept and design, Adam!
      nottombrown on HN
    • Great 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 HN
    • This 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
  • 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 HN
    • The 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 HN
    • 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 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 HN
    • If 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 HN
    • tab 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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • You 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 HN
    • Good 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 HN
    • what 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 HN
    • A friend of mine did something very similar for his homepage: http://jimmyl.ee/
      whyrusleeping on HN
    • Great 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

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