My Experience
I built my personal portfolio site early last year with React. It looked good at the time, but here’s the truth: I haven’t updated it since.
Why?
Updating projects feels time‑consuming and not very rewarding.
I don’t feel my projects are showcased properly on the site.
Updating my Upwork profile seems easier and gives me more direct results (clients, visibility, reviews).
So even though I know a portfolio site is supposed to be important, I find myself neglecting it.
The Question
I’m curious about other devs and freelancers here:
Do you update your portfolio site regularly?
If not, what are the main reasons?
Do you find platforms like Upwork, LinkedIn, or GitHub more rewarding to keep updated compared to a personal site?
Why I’m Asking
I’ve been planning to update my portfolio for a long time, but the Google Portfolio Challenge finally gave me the push I needed. It feels like a great opportunity to rebuild my portfolio — not just for the sake of the challenge, but to create something genuinely useful for myself and (hopefully) for others too. That’s why I’m curious about how other developers approach portfolio updates, and what makes a portfolio worth maintaining in the long run.
Your input will help me design mine in a way that’s actually worth maintaining — not just another site that gets abandoned after launch.
For many of us, the portfolio site feels like a “must‑have,” but maybe the real question is: how do we make it useful enough that we want to keep it updated?
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