The latest articles on DEV Community by Luiz Gustavo Borges (@luiz_gustavoborges_43e6a). https://dev.to/luiz_gustavoborges_43e6a https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3713316%2Fa89cb8eb-ca3b-4348-bb61-01461caeb8ca.png https://dev.to/luiz_gustavoborges_43e6a en Luiz Gustavo Borges Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:38:55 +0000 https://dev.to/luiz_gustavoborges_43e6a/my-ai-powered-devops-portfolio-2417 https://dev.to/luiz_gustavoborges_43e6a/my-ai-powered-devops-portfolio-2417 <p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/new-year-new-you-google-ai-2025-12-31">New Year, New You Portfolio Challenge Presented by Google AI</a></em></p> <h2> About Me </h2> <p>I am a DevOps Engineer with a foundation in Automation and Control Systems Engineering. My daily life involves orchestrating complex tools, but I realized my own "digital storefront"—my portfolio—was due for a major upgrade.</p> <p>With this project, I set out to:</p> <ul> <li>Modernize my professional presence.</li> <li>Explore the boundaries of AI-assisted development, using AI to bootstrap a React application from scratch.</li> </ul> <h2> Portfolio </h2> <p>Check out my live portfolio deployed on Google Cloud Run:<br> </p> <div class="ltag__cloud-run"> <iframe height="600px" src="https://portfolio-174782557449.us-east1.run.app/"> </iframe> </div> <h2> How I Built It </h2> <p>I combined DevOps practices with modern frontend tools:</p> <p><strong>Infrastructure &amp; Cloud</strong></p> <ul> <li>Google Cloud Run: Serverless hosting that scales my containerized app.</li> <li>Google Artifact Registry: Secure storage for my Docker images.</li> <li>Nginx: High-performance web server acting as the entry point for my React build.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Development &amp; CI/CD</strong></p> <ul> <li>React &amp; TypeScript: A type-safe, component-based frontend.</li> <li>GitHub: Source control and the heart of my automation.</li> <li>Docker: Ensuring environment consistency from local dev to production.</li> <li>Cloud Build: Triggering automatic deployments on every git push.</li> </ul> <h2> What I'm Most Proud Of </h2> <p><strong>1. AI-Augmented Modularity</strong><br> By leveraging AI, I built a highly modular system where adding new projects is as simple as updating a single constant file. The UI automatically reflects these changes, allowing me to focus on content rather than CSS debugging.</p> <p><strong>2. Seamless Developer Experience (DX)</strong><br> I'm particularly proud of the GitHub integration. Having a fully automated pipeline means I can focus on refining my portfolio until the Feb 1st deadline, knowing that every improvement is live seconds after I commit my code.</p> devchallenge googleaichallenge portfolio gemini