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aeldiditoday at 4:31 AM1 replyview on HN

I'm gonna use this as an opportunity to get some feedback on mine: https://ayman.eldidi.org/articles/unicode-identifiers/


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wonger_today at 6:53 AM

I like how readable it is. Be sure to handle long lines that ruin page widths on small screens -- probably the commit hash should overflow-wrap: break-word, or in a horizontally scrollable container element, or a similar solution.

One designy thing I've been practicing is to be intentional about every margin / piece of whitespace, and to use a proportional scale like https://utopia.fyi/. You might find that if you align more elements and stick to the scale, things might look extra pleasing. (Maybe you already have, idk, just first impressions from my phone)

- subscribe button placement looks uneven, esp on mobile. Maybe it could be a simple underlined link?

- imo centered text is a crutch that often looks better when left justified instead, or rerranged with some other solution. I'm thinking of the mobile navbar and lengthy captions. This is more subjective tho

- homepage could use more posts! Looking forward to your future writing

- the most beautiful sites usually come up with some unique theme or visual identity or creative stunt to break away from a vanilla default theme. But people still like basic readable websites if the content is great.