In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes review your portfolios!
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Show Notes
03:59 - cudd.io
- Shared component animation between home / about really nice
- Readable, clear
- Simple
- Check the contrast ratio on the white text on light blue: https://coolors.co/contrast-checker/ffffff-56ccf2
- Nice SSR from Next.js
- CSS vars
- Very tall cards without much text, looks like a mistake
- Better on a short browser window - peep the tall and skinny
- Card heading should be h3 or h4
10:35 - damonbolesta.com
- Nice design = super fun!
- Good color palette
- Shows your skills straight up
- Animation
- Not accessible - EASY fixes with Axe Dev Tools
- Text on background images hard to read
- White text on buttons
- Bold some words in your bio
- Border radius
21:52 - walterkjenkins.com
- Map is fun
- Contrast issues with the color choices
- Transparency not needed on body content
- Cursive font for links / buttons is a no for me dog
- Labels on social media icons
- Hero overlaps section below it
- Maps data processing should be h4
29:40 - suhit.me
- This is an example of a really good one
- Wicked domain name
- Design is ON POINT, like this is the type of polish I like to see - I’d hire on this
- Can’t get enough Inter font
- Fun little animation
- I’d go a little easier on the box-shadow
- Github even has a custom readme
- Resume
- Very modern - JS, TS, Bootstrap
- TypeScript A+
- Drop the “5” and “3” from “HTML” and “CSS”
- I’d add color to the resume, its likely not printed
- Don’t need to say Github and LinkedIn in front of the URLs
37:20 - jacobpawlak.com
47:04 - mrtnvh.com
- This is a good example of subtle flex of skills
- FAST AF
- Makes you say “Ohhhh” when you click a link (something that’s missing from a lot of these single page sites)
- Personal Photo A+
- Position sticky
- Love the skills layout on the about page
- Email is a button
- I can’t copy your email
- We have mailto links - don’t reinvent
- A+
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