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Ben Halpern • Mar 21 '19

It should load quickly. Render static from a CDN.
It should get to the point. Describe your skills and interests.
It should link to things you’ve written.
It should link to your profiles: GitHub, DEV, etc.
It shouldn’t be overly fancy, or generic. Make it unique but understated if possible. Going to flashy can really be a bad idea in web design.
It probably shouldn’t look like this

Quentin Sonrel • Mar 21 '19

Plot twist: your website was actually an example of what not to do all along.

Jonathan Kuhl • Mar 21 '19

The fact that that website plays music when you scroll is the greatest and yet most terrible thing ever.

naijadeveloper • May 30 '19

lool, it should definitely not look like that😄

Matthew Cory • Mar 21 '19

That site is awesome.

rhymes • Mar 21 '19

HHAHAAHAH I was actually going to comment "nothing like Ben's, unless you're Ben" :D

sam • Mar 25 '19

The site is amazing and I added it to my favorite sites list

Helen Anderson • Mar 21 '19

This is right on. ;)

Dmitry Yakimenko • Mar 26 '19

Is http:// also part of the statement?

Ben Halpern • Mar 26 '19

That’s a matter of having not updated this in years. I’ll get that updated soon, I swear!

Dmitry Yakimenko • Mar 26 '19

I think in this particular case it works in your favor. Subtle and completes the picture =)

Ben Halpern • Mar 26 '19

😄

Ivo Limmen • Mar 21 '19 • Edited

I just got a call from 1990; they want their website back...

Marvin Kirkland • Mar 21 '19

Nice Rick and Morty reference?

Ivo Limmen • Mar 21 '19

No, never watched Rick and Morty.

Marvin Kirkland • Mar 23 '19

okay. One of the characters uses a similar line. I thought perhaps you were referencing the show

Kristophe Sankar • May 15 '19

You're Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!

Alex Antra • Jun 18 '19

This is a masterpiece

Christopher C. Johnson • Oct 15 '19

Rawhide 🤣