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I Didn’t Have a Developer Website, So I Built One.

Puneet Kumar Mishra on September 08, 2026

For a long time, I published most of my articles on DEV.to. Not because I had some big strategy behind it. I simply didn't have a website of my o...
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RoutineKit •

Love that you shipped the site instead of waiting for “perfect portfolio.”

One trap I hit after launching mine: visitors arrived, then silence — because the page had no single next action. I now keep one boring CTA above the fold (book / email / sample) and treat everything else as supporting evidence.

Curious what you want a stranger to do in the first 10 seconds on yours — that answer usually cleans the homepage faster than another redesign pass.

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Yeah, that’s actually a really good point 😄 For Devlogr, I mainly want a stranger to quickly understand who I am, what I build, and then explore my projects. I’m not really trying to push one specific action like booking or emailing...

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RoutineKit •

That framing is clean — understand then explore is a better success metric than a forced booking click.

One trick that helps strangers without a hard CTA: put a single start-here project above the fold (the one that best shows your taste), and keep everything else one scroll away. Identity first, inventory second.

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Yeah, I get what you mean now 😄 I actually like the “start-here” idea. I think I’ll feature one project above the fold and keep the rest below so it doesn’t feel like I’m just throwing my whole project list at the visitor 😂

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RoutineKit •

One hero above the fold + the rest below is exactly the shape — visitor gets a start-here without feeling dumped. Nice call.

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Exactly 😄 I’m gonna experiment with that structure and see how it feels once I put it together. Appreciate the suggestion!

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VidhiDixit2000 • • Edited

Wow!!✨ This Git hub integration seems really simple and highly useful feature 👏🏻, however it is still missed by most of us. Now I will also going to add it in my portfolio website as well😄

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Thank you so much! 😄✨ Glad you found it useful! It’s a small addition, but it can make a portfolio much more dynamic and easier to maintain. Also, I checked out your portfolio, and it looks really unique! 🙌 Best of luck with it. Keep building and growing! 🚀

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VidhiDixit2000 •

Hey Thanks!! 😄It's still under construction.

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

That’s awesome! ✨ Looking forward to seeing the finished version. Keep going, you’re doing great!

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Woww Puneet! 😍 Your website portfolio is sooo cool! ✨ The design is really cute, clean, and creative. Loved it! Keep rocking! 🔥

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Awww thank you so much! ✨ I’m so glad you liked it! Your words seriously made my day. ❤️🔥

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

Welcome!! ❤️
Aapna aura aise hi increase karte raho!! Good luck for next project 🙂

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Haha thank you again❤️ aura toh badhate rahenge 🗿😎

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 •

☠️💀

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

hehe 😎😁

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Liam Martin •

What did you used to build it? Is it AI made? I'm curious 😉

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Nope, it’s not AI-made 😄 The backend was built entirely by me. I first made a pretty basic frontend just to make sure everything was rendering and working properly, and then I used AI to improve/polish the frontend. That’s basically the story 😉

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Liam Martin •

Ah, nice! Smart approach using AI just for the final polish. The whole thing looks really good. Great work! 👏

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Haha thank you Yeah, AI definitely saved me some time with the frontend lol. Glad you liked it 😎

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Harun - solo dev •

Hey i found out devlogr is showing " Too many requests. Access is temporarily blocked. " When i open it 🙌🏻👊🐯👊

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Puneet Kumar Mishra •

Ahh damn 😭 my bad bro 🙌🏻 I was busy with some other stuff and completely forgot to keep an eye on Devlogr’s rate limits. Sorry about that 😭🤝

I’ll fix it in the next 2–3 days. My exams are going on rn, so I haven’t been able to work much on projects these days 💀📚

Thanks for catching it tho bro 👊🐯 I’ll get Devlogr back up properly once I get some time.