This article is a great read thanks for posting the link. It does make sense in all honesty. I think now with more people looking to the coding profession and more content emphasising how to make an eye-catching portfolio or referencing amazingly designed websites it seems there can be some misplaced thoughts of needed to be amazing at everything. I started revamping my portfolio website from scratch and whilst the main page didn't take long, the responsiveness, fiddling with CSS and design was arduous. That time could be better spent on actual projects to display within the website.
I'm a self-taught dev focused on websites and Python development.
My friends call me the "Data Genie".
When I get bored, I find tech to read about, write about and build things with.
Well said. I had the same issues with a Jekyll blog of mine and a Jekyll site built around GH repos. There are bugs I discover on other devices or in certain pages. Plus maintaining packages for them.
What is really low maintenance and looks great is this Jekyll portfolio site I forked (you get one like it in new GitHub account actually now). I customized the dark background and the icons at the bottom but otherwise the site is really great and simple as is. And of course pulls in details specific to my user account.
It doesn't need my attention so it will be better I think than the others in terms of portfolio (it just lacks blog posts though)
This article is a great read thanks for posting the link. It does make sense in all honesty. I think now with more people looking to the coding profession and more content emphasising how to make an eye-catching portfolio or referencing amazingly designed websites it seems there can be some misplaced thoughts of needed to be amazing at everything. I started revamping my portfolio website from scratch and whilst the main page didn't take long, the responsiveness, fiddling with CSS and design was arduous. That time could be better spent on actual projects to display within the website.
Well said. I had the same issues with a Jekyll blog of mine and a Jekyll site built around GH repos. There are bugs I discover on other devices or in certain pages. Plus maintaining packages for them.
What is really low maintenance and looks great is this Jekyll portfolio site I forked (you get one like it in new GitHub account actually now). I customized the dark background and the icons at the bottom but otherwise the site is really great and simple as is. And of course pulls in details specific to my user account.
It doesn't need my attention so it will be better I think than the others in terms of portfolio (it just lacks blog posts though)
michaelcurrin.github.io/
Repo: github.com/MichaelCurrin/MichaelCu...
This solution might seem lazy...
but it is really efficent and elegant