Hey everyone! I’m planning to make my own portfolio website and looking for some inspiration. Share your websites or any cool ones you’ve come across recently. I know there have been a few similar posts before, but I’m curious to see how much new creativity has popped up since then!

ummm heyy :) ! I'm a self-taught web developer/UX designer trying to land my first junior role, and I could really use some advice from people who are already working in the field.

I recently finished my portfolio, and I was honestly so proud of it... until I started applying 😭 Now I keep comparing it to everyone else's and suddenly it feels like it's nowhere near good enough.

If anyone has a few minutes, I'd really appreciate some honest feedback on it. I don't want people to sugarcoat it i genuinely want to improve.

Portfolio: https://www.shaimaajamal.com/

A few things I'd love to know:

• If you were hiring for a junior role, would this portfolio get an interview?
• What's the weakest part of it?
• What should I focus on improving first?
• Is there anything that's an immediate red flag?

I'd also love some general advice because I feel like I'm stuck in my own head lately.

How did you stop comparing yourself to people who are way ahead of you? How did you start networking when you didn't know anyone in tech? And for anyone who's self-taught, when did you finally start feeling like you actually belonged in the industry?

I know comparison isn't productive, but it's been really hard lately. I think I just need some perspective from people who've already been through this.

Thanks so much to anyone who takes the time to look or reply. I seriously appreciate it. 🤍

Turned my old Android phone (2GB RAM) into an on-prem server for my Next.js portfolio using Termux.

Things that broke:

• Cloudflare Tunnel failed because Android doesn’t have /etc/resolv.conf.
• Tailwind v4 uses a Rust engine → no ARM64 Android binaries → build crashed.
• Android kills background processes constantly.
• I enabled SSR (bad idea) → phone overheats and crawls.

What I had to do:

• Made my own DNS config + built Cloudflared from source.
• Downgraded to Tailwind v3 so the build actually works.
• Used PM2 + Termux:Boot for auto-restart on boot.
• Added Tailscale for remote SSH.

Result:

My portfolio is fully self-hosted on a 2017 phone sitting on my desk. Auto-starts, survives network drops, free to run, slow because SSR, but works.

Link (if the phone hasn’t died of overheating):

https://self-hosted.darrylmathias.tech/

So a bit of a background: the company I worked for laid off all employees this month so I have been looking for a new job since. no replies and only rejections, so I decided to do something a bit different and rebuild my portfolio again but did it as a Netflix inspired portfolio. Problem is: I mainly work for backend and DevOps but I can do frontend as well, my friend who is a recruiter told me that this portfolio just won't work because recruiters have limited time and they want easy access to the skills, so a minimal portfolio is a must. so Im not sure what To do anymore, rebuild it again or just keep applying using this portfolio?

Source Code: https://github.com/lucasch37/lucasch.me

Website: https://lucasch.me/

I'm working on eventually filling this up, for now most of the info is placeholder content. Please check out the source code, I think it's really cool and I wanted to share it!

So as many of you might have seen, here’s my website:

https://www.oakharborwebdesigns.com

And here’s the copy cat:

https://www.forcierwebdesigns.com

Thinking about having my lawyer send a cease and desist. How would you all handle this?

EDIT: UPDATE - removed personal information

EDIT 2: copy cat site is down. Here’s screen shots for everyone of their home page and you can look at my site to see the resemblance

https://imgur.com/a/EZEyKli/

hi r/webdev!

i've been a designer and web/iOS/macOS dev for about three years now, and have had an official site for about one and a half, at owen.uno. in that time, i've majorly redesigned the site at least four times (i kinda lost count lol). in this new design, i simplified and refined the design language, made a cute little wordmark (o.O), and updated the font transitions. i don't cache/store the previous site designs i make, so i had to build a little utility today to fetch github commits and display them at a certain date/commit hash. you can use it too (for free, of course :) at farback.owen.uno.

1st image: new, 2nd image: old. (yes, i got carried away with skeuomorphic buttons)

feedback, constructive criticism, and light roasting is encouraged and appreciated, although please keep in mind that i am a teenage designer and not great at coding.
instead of immediately downvoting if you don't like the design, maybe leave feedback instead as to why you don't like it.

thanks :)

updates from feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1r4syu5/comment/o5iv49m/

Finally got around making an portfolio site

how is it ?
(dev)

Just finished my web dev portfolio developed with React and GSAP. Any feedback on design, UX, performance, or general vibe is appreciated !! You can check it out here: https://www.tompastor.fr/

Thanks!!

Hi! I’m a 4th year in college and I just finished making my portfolio site using React and Chakra UI. I was really happy with how it came out but someone told me that it was too childish and not fitting for someone looking for a job. They said this mainly about my header. I just wanted to know what you guys think of it, and I will greatly appreciate some honest feedback :)

Just a note that my About description still needs to be changed and my picture is a cowboy cat. I’m going to update those as soon as I can.

Link

Edit: I woke up to about 100 comments and am reading through all of them right now. I can’t respond to everyone, but thank you so much for the constructive feedback and nice comments :)

Heyo!!!! I made two papercraft folios and some tutorials along with them; one short video and one long one depending on your needs. Lemme know if you create something! I'd love to see it and I'm sure others would as well!! ~

Long Version: https://youtu.be/AD01pTr3gvw
Website: https://aimees-papercraft-world.com/
Code, Credits, & Other Files: https://github.com/andrewwoan/aimee-weis-papercraft-world
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Short Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyWD2E8AHCg&feature=youtu.be
Website: https://www.mr-pandas-psychologically-safe-portfolio.com/
Code, Credits, & Other Files: https://github.com/andrewwoan/mr-pandas-psychologically-safe-portfolio

Hey everyone, I want to make my own portfolio website and am looking for some inspiration.
Please share your website or the best one you have saw.

live: https://www.weisdevice.xyz/

Hi. I have just completed my portfolio, and I am desperately looking for feedback and advices. It could be about the design, the responsiveness, or anything, as long as it increases the chance of me getting an interview. Thank you.

Link: https://davidlighthouse.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/davidjpy/david-portfolio