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Very nice, but if you want to use it professionally you should consider having an alternative "clear text" version for recruiters and the like. The technically minded will find it nice but most people won't know what to do or what any of this means. And you could consider adding `ls`, `cd` and `exit` just for fun -- it was the first thing I've tried.


Maybe just have commands auto-execute if you click on links in the existing text? That would allow someone to experience the entire interface on a touch device! :>

E.g. there is **__contact__** in the page, bold and underlined, but you cannot click on it to do anything.


Good point, another solution might be something similar to https://ysap.sh/ which gives you a nice "page" formatted for the terminal when curl'ed and your usual HTML and CSS on the browser.


+1 for ls and cd. I would also suggest numbered output for ls, so that the user can select using the numeric keypad. Or, up/down nav, TUI-style. I wish ecommerce sites could be more like this.


I miss real pages on eCommerce sites.


I did something like this, in a much more limited form, when putting together my personal site a few weeks ago. https://1ps0.info/

I had a friend try to run 'sudo shutdown -r now'. It inspired a much more thorough approach to the terminal functionality, but I didnt want to rabbit hole too far.

As it stands, initially it was a cyberpunk theme but i wanted a vscode-like professional theme as default, so you can toggle between them through cli. Lots of fun to be had with eastereggs.


I’ve trained bookkeepers to run Python scripts on Windows, and ls/dir, cd are foundational, including the syntax for a script command’s arguments.

For the clear text version, it could be a hypertext document run by an app! Haha


also dont forget SEO...


er, I assume that they made this site because they're far too good to work for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to find out how it works. In other words, recruiters need not apply.


I would love to hire this person (in theory), but every job I post gets hundreds of inbound applicants, and while hiring is one of the most important aspects of my job, it is second to delivering software with value. I really don’t have time to seek out every person out there who may have a resume, much less a quirky resume, so I send recruiters who work for me to find good candidates for top of funnel. I don’t think there is anything wrong with this.


Do you hire for full-remote? I have mobility issues.




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