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

Description and use

The author built Devlogr, a personal developer portfolio and blog, integrating GitHub data and implementing SEO to centralize projects and articles.

Problem

The author lacked a personal developer website to showcase projects, articles, and learning, relying solely on DEV.to.

Outcome

Devlogr provides a centralized, SEO-optimized platform for the author's projects and articles, enhancing personal branding and control over content.

Workflow

• 1. Identified need for personal website
• 2. Designed architecture and routing
• 3. Built content management for articles and projects
• 4. Integrated GitHub API for dynamic project data
• 5. Implemented SEO features (metadata, sitemap, Open Graph, etc.)
• 6. Deployed site
• 7. Moved selected articles from DEV.to
• 8. Planned future improvements

Evidence

I wanted it to be more than just a page saying: "Hi, I'm a developer. Here are my skills."

Source

So parts of the site use GitHub data to keep things more dynamic.

Source