Oddly, the sentiment I see most often in HN threads about website complexity is that a simpler look is better, but perhaps your experience is different. I definitely have done more complex things in 25 years of web dev, but I simply choose not to do so now.
Otherwise, I will let your reply stand for itself.
It's a little better, but definitely something I'd expect more from a backend developer than a frontend developer.
Simpler is better, but you still need to do well on the things you keep.
The whitespace on the navbar isn't great, the logo looked stacked on and doesn't fit well, don't use gradient backgrounds on content, the note color doesn't match with the background, the bottom section is too vertically long, you could simplify, or move it to use horizontal space instead, and the black bar for "Previous" looks out of place.
What I like:
- Title is strong and centered
- Date is very easy to find (especially for technical blog posts, they can tell you if it's outdated or not)
- Good choice of fonts
Interesting, and thanks for the compliments within. Perhaps you could point me to two or three other personal sites/blogs whose styling you *do* find pleasing or appropriate, so I'd have some idea of the standard(s) to which I should be adhering? Since I've seen many sites with designs not that different from mine over the years, it would help me to know where else I should be looking for look-and-feel guidance, instead. Thanks.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220516010347/https://www.bryce...
Oddly, the sentiment I see most often in HN threads about website complexity is that a simpler look is better, but perhaps your experience is different. I definitely have done more complex things in 25 years of web dev, but I simply choose not to do so now.
Otherwise, I will let your reply stand for itself.