Syntax Highlight — We Review Your Portfolios

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

• Initial loading is great - transitions are hot
• Typography looks nice - not sure about those serif all-cap nav items
• Slider not very usable
• View circle on hover is cool, but I’m not sure about following your mouse, covers text
• T-shirt portfolio is awesome
• Fun little bits in the footer
• SSL is broken - fix that sh!t
• Links don’t show over background images - common issue today
• External links should probably be indicated as such
• HTML, paragraphs as h3 & h4, h5, should be

  - (i.e. “here are a few of my recently completed…” should be a

  )

• Design of resume is KEY - different colors, eh?

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+

Links

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