I'm not sure what to say, I mean, it's a free web, you can do whatever you want, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste, especially because i know that you knew about prtfl.io
"You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook."
Execution, dear Wolfram, is the single-most important thing in our industry today. I personally have a shit ton of things I'm thinking about or that I might want to do some time. All worthless, until someone executes on them. Timo executed on this idea this weekend and the outcome is extraordinary, given the invested time. It shows that he is a very talented guy.
Well here is the nice thing: Just build something that is better and people will use it. It is that easy.
I wish other people would "execute" my idea. Then I would have less work cut out for me. But as things stand, I'm the only one doing it.
Perhaps the difference is that I'm creating this thing because I want it to exist and benefit the world (including myself as a user), not because I want credit or to get very rich off it. (Or maybe my idea just sucks.)
Yep, you're right. I was curious about your project but as it hasn't launched yet and I wanted to make something on this weekend, that's what happened. I don't see a problem here to be honest. ;)
It didn't just happen - seems like you have intentionally copied someone else's idea, down to naming and design. You're obviously entitled to do so, but it's not something I would run bragging about on hn, especially without giving any credit the original work.
And saying "I don't see a problem here" after the original creator has pointed (quite gently) to the fact, is not very empathetic of you.
Well, I never indented to offend him or anyone else. I'm waiting for his app to launch and when it's great I'm gonna use it, that's it. But for the meantime, I build my own thing and as I mostly do, I set it free to others.
prtfl.io is much more polished—it shows that it wasn't built in a weekend. Please launch soon! After looking at prtflio.eu, I wouldn't worry too much about brand dilution—it's not even in your league.
Hey, I get your point, but you can't compare something that isn't launched to something that is.
How many times does Paul Graham have to say "just launch"? Launch and iterate, iterate and then iterate some more. Talking about brand dilution on an unlaunched product is a moot point to say the least.
I'm not taking sides about what happened here, it seems murky at best, but you can't compare an idea to a product.
To every Paul Graham that says "just launch" there is Steve Jobs that scrapes nearly done products, restarts from scratch and ends up releasing stunning shit. Let me see your "launch and iterate" do that.
For every dollar that a "Steve Jobs" type produces, 10 are produced by people "launch and iterate". Business is about making good decisions as often as possible, which the latter methodology seems to do better.
prtfl.io is obviously building a thoughtful product with the goal that people will get value out of it. prtflio.eu did the equivalent of putting a file upload widget in front of s3 and calling it flickrcom.eu.
Mind him not, Mueller. As the other dude said - it's the execution that matters and this particular execution is nothing to write home about. It'll be forgotten once it's off the HN front page.
What do developers showcase in their portfolio? How do you describe the projects you've worked on? What is a recruiter looking for when visiting your website?
A developers profile these days is mostly just github. Works very well for those of us that contribute back to open source but not too sure how someone who doesn't contribute to os stuff would show a portfolio...
Sorry to point this out, but you sound more like a recruiter than a designer. I'm sure people would answer your questions if you would ask them a little bit less bluntly.
My answers to your questions are:
1. I showcase the projects I've been working on
2. I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves (README, code comments, etc.)
3. Someone very skilled to make them good money with little hassle
I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves...
Can't disagree more.
If I'm hiring a freelance developer, I want to be assured of their "here's my problem, help me come up with a solution" abilities. Simply linking to an app they build for a client or a Github project doesn't necessarily tell me everything I want to know. Why does this exist, and what problem was it trying to solve? And did it end up solving said problem, if so — how?
- I'm a fool and was looking around for somewhere to click to go through to my site - what about a small link somewhere around http://d.jdkram.net/W7nY? Or maybe a second button the "Welcome" tab.
- Hovering over all of the entry titles in 'Account' (Facebook, Google+ etc.) switches the cursor to a hand. Apologies if this is intentional.
- It would be nice to have a little explanation regarding what you're asking for in the box: something like http://d.jdkram.net/4GEL would help keep the look clean and let you explain where to get the info you're asking for. Alternatively continue with your current norm and use greyed out text within the boxes saying "e.g. 107633175658115732197".
- This has just been added.
- The text was ment to be a label for the input box. I'll fix that.
- Yeah, there's a lot of explaination and help texts missing. I'll add this when I got more time this week.
- The slider for draft/live seems counter-intuitive to me, clicking on draft makes it live and vice versa.
- I was about to suggest the ability to add font awesome icons but I see it's already there! How about advertising this feature on the editor page somewhere? Or adding a menu for placing icons tags like <i class="icon-camera-retro"></i> in quickly?
Saying that, the design works so well because it is so simple and fast.
- after signing in/up, there is no link on any page that actually links you to your portfolio.
- The welcome page is a waste of space right now. It only has a link to give you feedback, while providing the user no useful information.
- If you're making me sign in with github, the projects section shouldn't be empty. It should pull from my github
- Under Theme, I understand it's probably more work than it's worth right now to preview the themes for a weekend project - but the link out to bootswatch should at least go to the preview so I know what I'm choosing: http://bootswatch.com/#gallery
- That has been added
- Yep, indeed. I'll think about what's best in this place.
- That's what I initially planned and that's going to come for sure :-D
- Great idea, thanks!
I like it, a lot. I never had much or was proud of my personal website, so for fun I pointed my A records over to my brand new shiny website at prtfl.io. It's waynepierson.com ( http://wpierson.prtflio.eu/ if the changes haven't propagated yet to your neck of the woods, but CloudFlare is pretty good about that)
I also got a little carried away, wrote out my about page, and even wrote three blog posts. Yes three. I'm a fan.
i feel its better to build you own, if its your personal website, and you're a developer. this seems like the easy, lazy way out and shows that you don't have time to make a custom site for yourself to show off your talents.
i can see this idea being used for other professions, but if you're a dev, then i feel your website is a free pass to show off your true skills, creativity..
I'm not sure what to say, I mean, it's a free web, you can do whatever you want, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste, especially because i know that you knew about prtfl.io