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New Portfolio Site - Zachary Hamed(zhamed.com)

over 4 years ago from Zach Hamed

  • Michael Woodruff, over 4 years ago

    Love it. Unique. Are you calling a bunch of different APIs to get the data on the page?Can you give a brief overview how did you build it? Like the color themes as well.

    3 points
    • Jacob JJacob J, over 4 years ago

      I've got the same question, mainly about the currently reading books. Are you using the goodreads API?

      3 points
      • Zach HamedZach Hamed, over 4 years ago

        Yep, using the Goodreads API for that — was surprisingly easy to pull from.

        0 points
        • Jacob JJacob J, over 4 years ago

          I was having trouble using ajax on the front end running into CORS issues. Did you use a backend to access the API?

          0 points
    • Zach HamedZach Hamed, over 4 years ago

      Thanks! Some details:

      • Steps and weight data go to Healthkit, which I then upload data from using an iOS app (no easy API I could find for that — I used to use Numerous which has since shut down)

      • Productivity is coming from Rescuetime, which I highly recommend as a way to keep track of how you're spending time at a high level. "Productive" time is defined by category and customizable by you (for me, code/design/reading is productive, social media and email are not)

      • Medium posts coming via a Medium RSS feed, books coming via Goodreads API

      • Grid is all CSS grid and Tachyons. Highly recommend CSS grid — this was my fist time using it for a full project and it's very easy to lay things out. Small tip, start from mobile and work to desktop, even if desktop is more complicated/customized. I did the opposite and ended up with lots of edge cases on mobile

      • Themes done with very little Javascript and CSS variables, and were inspired by these color swatches usually seen on packaging

      1 point