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Hey Goce Petrov

Nice work. I really do like the layout, the effects, and especially the color scheme your went with. It creates a sort of paradoxical feeling of simple mixed with complex.

My only critique... and this is only my personal opinion... is the cigar. Sorry, for me it's rather off-putting. Also, I really don't associate that kind of picture with a developer.

Other than that, very nice!!

:)

Hello, Goce,

A lot of guys gather and pass out cigars to each other for celebrating something. That's what I think about your site. You're celebrating, and I celebrate with you!

From recent experience, there are varieties of developers and designers these days, and they don't all fit into conservative biases of how they should look or behave -- or show up as something other than themselves -- whether female or male. Not everyone is as artistically creative as you. What you lay out there, you'll attract. So bring it on.

In my opinion, your site details contrasts of drama and intimacy, as it should; the layout techniques are skillful; and, the graphic design is esthetically fascinating. Many websites are still boxy as well as laid out and <yawn> colored, pleasingly. If more websites were like the one you've presented here, the world wide web could be finally loaded with beauty, passion and quality!

As it is presently, your site is especially appreciated in that commercialism does not absorb my attention.

I've several other critiques and asides, but I'll not put them in here unless you wish.

All in all, many thanks for inspiring my future designs!

David

Hi, Goce,

As mentioned I would do, this post contains most of the remainder of my earlier writing. Extra time was taken to review this writing before posting it, and I hope all is clear. If not, I'll be happy to clarify.

Your site is responsive, and I think that's important. After squeezing my browser to approximate a small viewport, I thought the site-wide text was too small. As you've coded them, the consistent, site-wide line-heights are good for the visually impaired.

After running your site through Chrome's Lighthouse Audit, I discovered over 97% of text had been properly sized. Well, I learned something there.

Come to think of it, if you haven't already, you might consider using Chrome's Lighthouse Audit for Google's recommendations and tips for revisions to your site. The Accessibility score might be important. The Audit will be introduced to you once you've input the URL into the address bar, and Dev Tools has been clicked.

The hex #ee7600 seemed orange to me, and, come to find out, the tint is composed of mostly red and green with an absence of blue. That hex might cause some typography difficult to read for those visually impaired, I would think.

The Skills banner is missing on the large viewport. The zoom movements in the Skills section and the WHOAMI section are not visually distracting but pleasantly effective, whether in the large or small viewport.

On the small viewport, the Skills section has four boxes of both orange and white text with white borders under which the first and fourth images are predominately gray-ish. I like the images, but for some, the text might be troublesome to see and read since there's likely not enough color contrast.

As an aside, do you have a philosophical idea that underpins the use of dark-ish and gray-ish colors? Just curious. :) I love websites, including yours, in which the colors used are unexpected; a lot of graphic artists and colorists aren't afraid of using unexpected color schemes.

On a small viewport, perhaps one of those up arrows at the bottom of the About section (Get to know me better) might be helpful for returning to the Home button; some people with mobility issues might experience too much scrolling. Presently, it appears the WHOAMI section replaces the About section (Get to know me better) once the Home button has been clicked.

The button beneath your WHOAMI photo isn't linked. Having said that, you look pretty serious in the WHOAMI photo. Is my interpretation of the facial expression a cultural misunderstanding on my part? If so, my apologies.

This is a peculiar thing to mention, but a print historian would think that too much justified text tends toward what printers of hard copy used to say: "rivers of white" down the page would probably not be recommended.

What you've accomplished on your own in a couple of months is quite nice! I've enjoyed studying and learning from your Flexbox code. My experimentations continue with CSS Grid, a two-dimensional grid that's easy until it's not. We do like challenges, don't we? :)

David