Launching Hoverboard
Web and SaaS
portfolio builder
SHOW HN2013
144points
72comments
#141of 1,739 in 2013
Top 9%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
18 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 9 critical, out of 49 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Design: 10 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstPricing: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, minimalist UI and design
From 4 comments
Wow, this is really great! I really love what you've built. The mobile-friendly layout is a huge plus. Some off-the-cuff notes for your backlog: I might suggest overriding the…
whalesalad on HNHow does this make money? Giving my information to a free service like this one makes me uneasy. The UI is downright beautiful.
orangethirty on HNLove the minimalist style. Give me some more design options and I'll pay for it.
thesergie on HNReally nice.
HugoDias on HN
Mobile-friendly and polished
From 2 comments
Wow, this is really great! I really love what you've built. The mobile-friendly layout is a huge plus. Some off-the-cuff notes for your backlog: I might suggest overriding the…
whalesalad on HNExcellent! Beautiful, streamlined, and all the features work really together. Very polished product. One issue, is that my header image clashes with my "tagline." [0] Any way to…
prezjordan on HN
Built-in endorsements
From 1 comment
As mentioned, there are already lots of portfolio tools. However yours is really nice and I love the built in endorsement feature. My one criticism is there's too much branding…
FramesPerSushi on HN
Objections
Many similar portfolio tools already exist
From 3 comments
So many have done this before and recently - Coderwall, Collegefeed, and Path.To, just to name the first three that occur to me - but I've never seen portfolio minimalism done so…
xianshou on HNHa! I could have really really used this two days ago. I built my own in HTML/CSS for an interview. There's a question: how does it sit with people that as a designer and…
calinet6 on HNAs mentioned, there are already lots of portfolio tools. However yours is really nice and I love the built in endorsement feature. My one criticism is there's too much branding…
FramesPerSushi on HN
Unclear how the service makes money and privacy of data
From 2 comments
How does this make money? Giving my information to a free service like this one makes me uneasy. The UI is downright beautiful.
orangethirty on HNTo be honest, I wish I could pay for a service like this. One that would respect my privacy. Given the needs of freelancers and consultants, I reason $50 a year is a good price.…
orangethirty on HN
Flagged as phishing by ScanSafe
From 1 comment
ScanSafe reports this as a phishing site. Might want to look into that.
pionar on HN
Some designers prefer building their own portfolio
From 2 comments
Ha! I could have really really used this two days ago. I built my own in HTML/CSS for an interview. There's a question: how does it sit with people that as a designer and…
calinet6 on HNThe only group I don't see this working for is designers- pretty much every designer I've seen has made their own portfolio site and it's a great idea to- it's the one place you…
untog on HN
Requests
Custom domains
From 4 comments
You really, really need to let me pay you for this. I'd pay $10/month for this, easily. Do you allow custom domains?
blairbeckwith on HNI'd like to second the demand for custom domains. Also, love the UI. Fantastic.
shloime on HNAnother for custom domains. Perhaps that's a non-scummy way of generating some income. Charge a small fee for the ability to use a custom domain.
xauronx on HNCustom domains are a make or break feature for me. Looks like you're hosted on Heroku. You could do this pretty easily by setting up their wildcard subdomains feature and…
aaronbrethorst on HN
Custom colours and header image choice
From 3 comments
Custom colors and basic styling would be amazing too. I love the look, but now I'm struggling to find a picture that looks nice with blue and turquoise.
blairbeckwith on HNGreat UI/UX - nice to see flat ui being adopted by more and more upcoming sites/apps. - Custom domains would be nice to have. - Connecting and pulling info from social presence…
binarydreams on HN+1 for having a colour tweak on certain things.. even from a list of 12 in a palette (would be good on a per project basis)
thehodge on HN
Paid plan or self-hosted export
From 3 comments
You really, really need to let me pay you for this. I'd pay $10/month for this, easily. Do you allow custom domains?
blairbeckwith on HNI would love to be able to host this on my own server. Even letting me pay say $5 for a .zip of some HTML to put up on my website would be excellent.
gcr on HNI agree. I wouldn't start using it without being able to pay. blairbeckwith, if you are looking for similar services that are paid, checkout Squarespace…
dorian-graph on HN
Multiple screenshots per project
From 2 comments
This being a "portfolio" site, when I click on a project I expect to see multiple screenshots, etc. Instead it's just text. I think if it allowed for a more in-depth treatment of…
erickhill on HNReally nice. I would love to have the possibility to upload a few different screenshots (e.g. <4) for each project...
xpressyoo on HN
Social profile import (LinkedIn, Twitter, GitHub)
From 3 comments
Wow, this is really great! I really love what you've built. The mobile-friendly layout is a huge plus. Some off-the-cuff notes for your backlog: I might suggest overriding the…
whalesalad on HNGreat UI/UX - nice to see flat ui being adopted by more and more upcoming sites/apps. - Custom domains would be nice to have. - Connecting and pulling info from social presence…
binarydreams on HNI signed up the other day, looks like a really nice start (I love the interface). I would suggest that it could pull in certain stuff from linkedin as a baseline (roles and such)
thehodge on HN
Questions
How does the product make money?
From 1 comment
How does this make money? Giving my information to a free service like this one makes me uneasy. The UI is downright beautiful.
orangethirty on HN
Can I use a custom domain?
From 1 comment
You really, really need to let me pay you for this. I'd pay $10/month for this, easily. Do you allow custom domains?
blairbeckwith on HN
How to change password?
From 1 comment
Also, perhaps it was not obvious, but is there a way to change my password?
kristopher on HN
Alternatives named
Coderwall
From 2 comments
So many have done this before and recently - Coderwall, Collegefeed, and Path.To, just to name the first three that occur to me - but I've never seen portfolio minimalism done so…
xianshou on HNGreat UI/UX - nice to see flat ui being adopted by more and more upcoming sites/apps. - Custom domains would be nice to have. - Connecting and pulling info from social presence…
binarydreams on HN
Path.To, Collegefeed, Mycelial, prtflio.eu, ars.io
From 3 comments
So many have done this before and recently - Coderwall, Collegefeed, and Path.To, just to name the first three that occur to me - but I've never seen portfolio minimalism done so…
xianshou on HNhttp://mycelial.com and http://prtflio.eu to add to that list.
aleksandrm on HNAnother one to add to the list: http://ars.io/
edoceo on HN
Squarespace and Virb
From 1 comment
I agree. I wouldn't start using it without being able to pay. blairbeckwith, if you are looking for similar services that are paid, checkout Squarespace…
dorian-graph on HN