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Re:Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you'v... by laxatives on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:03AM (#12813238)
Honestly, this guy is a genius. And people can't get over that their scroll wheel doesn't work on a website that hasn't been updated in half a decade.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you'v... by seagreen on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:23AM (#12815041)
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

That's the point.

If a genius can't make a tricky personal website without breaking things, what chance do normal people have?

Just make a normal website.

Brett Victor is awesome. If you copy his website, you're learning exactly the wrong lessons from him.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you'v... by notzorbo3 on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:44AM (#12813622)
In the context of a showcase website, first impressions matter. You want the work to be front and center. Not the fact that you can't design a usable website.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you'v... by mikecsh on Friday October 28, 2016 @07:14AM (#12814746)
To a degree. Sometimes it's OK for the user to have to put a modicum of effort in, especially for something which is not a product or service.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you'v... by pc86 on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @04:25PM (#12849734)
Where "a modicum of effort" is have a specific type of machine?
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