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Re:Ask HN: What portfolio items are most impressive to you w... by indescions_2017 on Friday May 26, 2017 @09:05AM (#14423709)
Look for "fit & finish" in a completed app. There is an old saying: "we're 90% done, now all we have to do is the remaining 90%!" I like to see that polish. It implies an understanding of the craft that is required, attention to detail, good debugging skills and an appreciation of human-centric design principles.
Re:Ask HN: What portfolio items are most impressive to you w... by robpethick on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:12AM (#14424592)
This sounds really great - but how does something look 'fit & finish'? Is a decent Readme.md with descriptions + screenshots of a sharp app good enough, or does it need to be actually deployed somewhere public?
Re:Ask HN: What portfolio items are most impressive to you w... by wibbleywobbley on Friday May 26, 2017 @01:17PM (#14425670)
Typically when I am presenting a project as part of an interview I spin it up in AWS (or elsewhere) and provide login credentials for them to actually play with the application. It makes it a lot easier to discuss the specifics of how an application was built when you can demo the application directly.