UX: theme first, remove contact CTA buttons, Git label, skills preview

- Restore theme switcher to top of sidebar; drop LinkedIn/Email/Resume button row - github.showInDetails, websiteLabel Git, skillsPreviewLimit, shorter about - Details list links without bogus anchors; resume card view+download; footer Git Made-with: Cursor
2026-03-25 10:58:59 -04:00 · 2026-03-25 10:58:59 -04:00 · 3b153fc63d
commit 3b153fc63d
parent 7bfd474b8c
8 changed files with 120 additions and 47 deletions
--- a/gitprofile.config.ts
+++ b/gitprofile.config.ts
@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 const CONFIG = {
  github: {
    username: 'IliaDobkin',
+    /** Keep username for avatar/name API; hide empty public GitHub in the contact card. */
+    showInDetails: false,
  },
  base: '/',
  projects: {
@ -31,26 +33,28 @@ const CONFIG = {
        {
          title: 'atlas',
          description:
-            'Python project for infrastructure and tooling.',
+            'Python tooling for infrastructure operations, glue scripts, and automation helpers.',
          language: 'Python',
          link: 'https://git.levkin.ca/ilia/atlas',
        },
        {
          title: 'ansible',
          description:
-            'Infrastructure as code — Ansible playbooks and roles for provisioning and configuration.',
+            'Infrastructure as code — playbooks and roles for provisioning, configuration, and repeatable environments.',
          language: 'Ansible',
          link: 'https://git.levkin.ca/ilia/ansible',
        },
        {
          title: 'POTE',
-          description: 'Python project.',
+          description:
+            'Python utilities and experiments — small tools and libraries for day-to-day engineering work.',
          language: 'Python',
          link: 'https://git.levkin.ca/ilia/POTE',
        },
        {
          title: 'mirror_match',
-          description: 'TypeScript application.',
+          description:
+            'TypeScript app — UI and logic for a focused domain problem; structured for testability.',
          language: 'TypeScript',
          link: 'https://git.levkin.ca/ilia/mirror_match',
        },
@ -70,7 +74,8 @@ const CONFIG = {
        },
        {
          title: 'crkl',
-          description: 'Kotlin application.',
+          description:
+            'Kotlin application — JVM/Android-oriented codebase and patterns.',
          language: 'Kotlin',
          link: 'https://git.levkin.ca/ilia/crkl',
        },
@ -80,14 +85,15 @@ const CONFIG = {
  seo: {
    title: 'Ilia Dobkin — SDET & Test Automation Engineer',
    description:
-      'Software Development Engineer in Test with 20+ years across product, platform, and industrial test automation — Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, CI/CD, accessibility, and regulated domains.',
+      'Software Development Engineer in Test with 20+ years across product, platform, and industrial test automation — deep recent experience in regulated iGaming, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, CI/CD, and accessibility.',
    imageURL: '',
  },
  location: 'Thornhill, Ontario, Canada',
  about: [
-    'Driven software engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning product, platform, and industrial test automation — from global audit and financial systems (CaseWare, MNP, JazzIt) to modern web delivery for startups and enterprises alike.',
-    'Builds and maintains a self-hosted infrastructure lab (Proxmox, Ansible, Caddy, CI runners) that mirrors production-grade DevOps practices.',
-    'Seeking roles where I can provide testing guidance, strengthen CI/CD operations, and collaborate with teams to optimize product delivery.',
+    '20+ years in product, platform, and industrial test automation — financial and audit software (CaseWare, MNP, JazzIt), regulated iGaming, and modern web for startups and enterprises.',
+    'Recent depth in iGaming: operator-facing casino platforms, payments and wallets, responsible gaming and compliance (geo/market rules, age gating, audit-friendly traceability). Automation with Playwright, API and integration tests, performance suites, and CI/CD on PostgreSQL and GCP.',
+    'Self-hosted lab (Proxmox, Ansible, Caddy, CI runners) — same discipline I bring to delivery, observability, and reliability at work.',
+    'Looking for roles where I shape test strategy, strengthen CI/CD, and help teams ship in regulated, high-availability environments.',
  ],
  social: {
    linkedin: 'idobkin',
@ -108,6 +114,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
    discord: '',
    telegram: '',
    website: 'https://git.levkin.ca',
+    websiteLabel: 'Git',
    phone: '647 987 2792',
    email: 'idobkin@gmail.com',
  },
@ -148,7 +155,6 @@ const CONFIG = {
    'Cross-browser testing',
    'Mobile testing',
    'GitHub Actions',
-    'GitHub',
    'GitLab CI',
    'Bitbucket',
    'Jenkins',
@ -198,6 +204,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
    'DNS',
    'Local LLM / GPU',
  ],
+  skillsPreviewLimit: 16,
  experiences: [],
  certifications: [],
  educations: [],
@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
  },
  hotjar: { id: '', snippetVersion: 6 },
  themeConfig: {
-    defaultTheme: 'light',
+    defaultTheme: 'dark',

    disableSwitch: false,

@ -227,7 +234,7 @@ const CONFIG = {
      class="text-primary" href="https://git.levkin.ca"
      target="_blank"
      rel="noreferrer"
-    >Gitea</a> · <a
+    >Git</a> · <a
      class="text-primary" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/idobkin/"
      target="_blank"
      rel="noreferrer"
--- a/global.d.ts
+++ b/global.d.ts
@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 interface Github {
  /**
-   * GitHub org/user name
+   * GitHub org/user name (used for profile API: avatar, name)
   */
  username: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Show GitHub row in the contact/details card (default true)
+   */
+  showInDetails?: boolean;
 }

 interface GitHubProjects {
@ -190,6 +195,11 @@ interface Social {
   */
  website?: string;

+  /**
+   * Label for the website row (default "Website"), e.g. "Git" for a Gitea host
+   */
+  websiteLabel?: string;
+
  /**
   * Telegram username
   */
@ -365,6 +375,11 @@ interface Config {
   */
  skills?: Array<string>;

+  /**
+   * How many skill badges to show before "Show all" (default 16)
+   */
+  skillsPreviewLimit?: number;
+
  /**
   * Experience list
   */
--- a/src/components/details-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/details-card/index.tsx
@ -77,14 +77,18 @@ const ListItem: React.FC<{
          wordBreak: 'break-word',
        }}
      >
+        {link ? (
          <a
            href={link}
            target="_blank"
            rel="noreferrer"
-          className="flex justify-start py-2 px-1 items-center"
+            className="link link-primary link-hover inline-flex justify-end py-1"
          >
            {value}
          </a>
+        ) : (
+          <span className="inline-block py-1 text-right">{value}</span>
+        )}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ const OrganizationItem: React.FC<{
 * @param {Object} profile - The profile object.
 * @param {boolean} loading - Indicates whether the data is loading.
 * @param {Object} social - The social object.
- * @param {Object} github - The GitHub object.
+ * @param {Object} github - Username API source; showInDetails controls GitHub row visibility.
 * @return {JSX.Element} The details card component.
 */
 const DetailsCard = ({ profile, loading, social, github }: Props) => {
@ -195,12 +199,14 @@ const DetailsCard = ({ profile, loading, social, github }: Props) => {
                  }
                />
              )}
+              {github.showInDetails && (
                <ListItem
                  icon={<AiFillGithub />}
                  title="GitHub:"
                  value={github.username}
                  link={`https://github.com/${github.username}`}
                />
+              )}
              {social?.researchGate && (
                <ListItem
                  icon={<SiResearchgate />}
@ -324,13 +330,13 @@ const DetailsCard = ({ profile, loading, social, github }: Props) => {
              {social?.website && (
                <ListItem
                  icon={<FaGlobe />}
-                  title="Website:"
+                  title={`${social.websiteLabel}:`}
                  value={social.website
                    .replace('https://', '')
                    .replace('http://', '')}
                  link={
                    !social.website.startsWith('http')
-                      ? `http://${social.website}`
+                      ? `https://${social.website}`
                      : social.website
                  }
                />
--- a/src/components/gitprofile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/gitprofile.tsx
@ -201,12 +201,6 @@ const GitProfile = ({ config }: { config: Config }) => {
                      themeConfig={sanitizedConfig.themeConfig}
                    />
                  )}
-                  {sanitizedConfig.about.length !== 0 && (
-                    <AboutCard
-                      loading={loading}
-                      paragraphs={sanitizedConfig.about}
-                    />
-                  )}
                  <AvatarCard
                    profile={profile}
                    loading={loading}
@ -224,6 +218,12 @@ const GitProfile = ({ config }: { config: Config }) => {
                    github={sanitizedConfig.github}
                    social={sanitizedConfig.social}
                  />
+                  {sanitizedConfig.about.length !== 0 && (
+                    <AboutCard
+                      loading={loading}
+                      paragraphs={sanitizedConfig.about}
+                    />
+                  )}
                  {sanitizedConfig.resume.fileUrl &&
                    sanitizedConfig.resume.previewLines.length !== 0 && (
                      <ResumeCard
@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ const GitProfile = ({ config }: { config: Config }) => {
                    <SkillCard
                      loading={loading}
                      skills={sanitizedConfig.skills}
+                      previewLimit={sanitizedConfig.skillsPreviewLimit}
                    />
                  )}
                  {sanitizedConfig.certifications.length !== 0 && (
--- a/src/components/resume-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/resume-card/index.tsx
@ -86,15 +86,25 @@ const ResumeCard = ({
                  <p key={i}>{line}</p>
                ))}
              </div>
+              <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 mt-4">
                <a
                  href={pdfAbsoluteUrl}
                  target="_blank"
                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
-                className="btn btn-outline btn-sm text-xs mt-4 opacity-70 hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+                  className="btn btn-outline btn-sm text-xs opacity-70 hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
                  onClick={openPdfInNewTab}
                >
                  View Full Resume (PDF)
                </a>
+                <a
+                  href={pdfAbsoluteUrl}
+                  download
+                  className="btn btn-outline btn-sm text-xs opacity-70 hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"
+                  rel="noreferrer"
+                >
+                  Download Resume
+                </a>
+              </div>
            </>
          )}
        </div>
--- a/src/components/skill-card/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/skill-card/index.tsx
@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import { skeleton } from '../../utils';

 const SkillCard = ({
  loading,
  skills,
+  previewLimit,
 }: {
  loading: boolean;
  skills: string[];
+  previewLimit: number;
 }) => {
+  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
+  const hasMore = skills.length > previewLimit;
+  const visible =
+    !hasMore || expanded ? skills : skills.slice(0, previewLimit);
  const renderSkeleton = () => {
    const array = [];
    for (let index = 0; index < 12; index++) {
@ -28,20 +35,38 @@ const SkillCard = ({
            {loading ? (
              skeleton({ widthCls: 'w-32', heightCls: 'h-8' })
            ) : (
-              <span className="text-base-content opacity-70">Tech Stack</span>
+              <span className="text-base-content opacity-70">Tech stack</span>
            )}
          </h5>
+          {!loading && hasMore && !expanded && (
+            <p className="text-xs text-base-content/50 mx-3 mt-1">
+              Showing {previewLimit} of {skills.length}.
+            </p>
+          )}
        </div>
        <div className="p-3 flow-root">
          <div className="-m-1 flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2">
            {loading
              ? renderSkeleton()
-              : skills.map((skill, index) => (
+              : visible.map((skill, index) => (
                  <div key={index} className="badge badge-primary badge-sm">
                    {skill}
                  </div>
                ))}
          </div>
+          {!loading && hasMore && (
+            <div className="flex justify-center mt-3">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="btn btn-ghost btn-sm text-xs"
+                onClick={() => setExpanded((e) => !e)}
+              >
+                {expanded
+                  ? 'Show fewer skills'
+                  : `Show all ${skills.length} skills`}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          )}
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
--- a/src/interfaces/sanitized-config.tsx
+++ b/src/interfaces/sanitized-config.tsx
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export interface SanitizedGithub {
  username: string;
+  showInDetails: boolean;
 }

 export interface SanitizedGitHubProjects {
@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export interface SanitizedSocial {
  dev?: string;
  stackoverflow?: string;
  website?: string;
+  websiteLabel: string;
  telegram?: string;
  phone?: string;
  email?: string;
@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ export interface SanitizedConfig {
  social: SanitizedSocial;
  resume: SanitizedResume;
  skills: Array<string>;
+  skillsPreviewLimit: number;
  experiences: Array<SanitizedExperience>;
  educations: Array<SanitizedEducation>;
  certifications: Array<SanitizedCertification>;
--- a/src/utils/index.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/index.tsx
@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export const getSanitizedConfig = (
    return {
      github: {
        username: config.github.username,
+        showInDetails: config.github.showInDetails !== false,
      },
      projects: {
        github: {
@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export const getSanitizedConfig = (
        dev: config?.social?.dev,
        stackoverflow: config?.social?.stackoverflow,
        website: config?.social?.website,
+        websiteLabel: config?.social?.websiteLabel || 'Website',
        phone: config?.social?.phone,
        email: config?.social?.email,
        telegram: config?.social?.telegram,
@ -105,6 +107,10 @@ export const getSanitizedConfig = (
        previewLines: config?.resume?.previewLines || [],
      },
      skills: config?.skills || [],
+      skillsPreviewLimit: Math.max(
+        8,
+        Math.min(64, config?.skillsPreviewLimit ?? 16),
+      ),
      experiences:
        config?.experiences?.filter(
          (experience) =>