The Problem
In today's competitive tech landscape, a simple resume is no longer enough to stand out. I needed a dynamic, professional, and visually unique online presence to effectively showcase my skills, projects, and technical insights. The challenge was to create a platform that was not only impressive to look at but also high-performing, easy to maintain, and reflected my personal brand as a developer.
My Solution
I designed and developed this portfolio website from scratch, treating it as a full-fledged software project with a focus on modern development practices, performance, and user experience.
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Technology Stack: I chose Next.js and TypeScript as the foundation to build a fast, statically-generated site. This approach ensures optimal performance, excellent SEO, and seamless deployment on platforms like GitHub Pages. For the UI, I leveraged Material-UI (MUI) for its robust component library and created a custom "Cyber Glow" theme with neon green and golden yellow accents to establish a unique personal brand. Framer Motion was integrated to add fluid, professional animations.
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Content-Driven Architecture: A key architectural decision was to build a fully content-managed system for the blog and project case studies using MDX. Instead of hardcoding content into components, I created a system that reads local
.mdx(Markdown with JSX) files. This allows me to write, edit, and add new articles or case studies simply by creating new text files, making the site incredibly easy to update without touching the React code. -
Feature-Rich User Experience: I implemented several advanced features to enhance the user experience:
- Dynamic Pages: The blog and project sections are fully dynamic, with archive pages for tags and categories that are automatically generated at build time.
- Interactive Reading: The blog and tutorial pages feature a reading progress bar and a sticky, auto-generating Table of Contents to improve navigation through long-form content.
- Search & Filtering: The main project and blog pages include functional search and filtering capabilities, allowing visitors to easily find relevant content.
Outcome
The result is the website you are currently viewing: a high-performance, visually distinct, and easily maintainable portfolio. It serves as a living document of my skills and a practical demonstration of my ability to build modern, full-stack web applications from concept to deployment.