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Luka

Mine went through a lot of versions and tech stacks.
From pure HTML and CSS -> HTML, Bootstrap and a bit of PHP
Currently it's built with MEAN stack + Bootstrap 4 + Ngrx. I know it's overkill with all the auth and everything, but it helps me manage new/old projects and adding and removing skill sets. You can have a look at it here

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Tim Smith

This is a super cool site. Great job!

As far as the overkill thing goes, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. The performance doesn't seem bad so I don't think it's a problem. I treat my portfolio as a space to try new things and adding features that I think would be cool (even if I don't know how to build them). If you're learning new things, challenging yourself, enjoying it, and it doesn't suck then who cares if it's overkill?

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Luka

I completely agree. I'm basically using it as a playground, plus it's like a showroom of your skills.

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Tim Smith

Totally! I get that a portfolio site is a tool to help get jobs, meet people, and network in general, but is it really that useful if it's not something you enjoy working on? I don't think so.

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Anti

I love the project thumbnails :)