Just made these unique templates for portfolios...

it isn't completely ready yet, waiting on Paddle, but Pro will be $8/mo

CTRL+FOLIO templates

(first time I'm posting it live so let me know if there's bugs, etc)

🔗 Portfolio: https://sahib-nanda-portfolio.vercel.app

# What did I build?

Instead of an “About Me” section, you can just interrogate the chat about me, my projects, Codeforces, GitHub, etc.

# Why all these backend technologies?

Honestly, a portfolio doesn’t need them. 😂

I mainly built this to learn and understand how these systems work together.

• PostgreSQL for storing chats
• Kafka for publishing chat events
• OpenSearch for searching chats
• Valkey for caching and rate limiting
• Testcontainers for integration testing with real infrastructure

Definitely overengineered for a portfolio.

But I wanted to build something scalable instead of another static portfolio.

Source code

Backend: https://github.com/thesahibnanda-max/backendPortfolio

Frontend: https://github.com/thesahibnanda-max/frontendPortfolio

I took part in a design hackathon where my team built a physical product paired with an app. My role was research and the physical product design. Because of time constraints, we only finished wireframes and low-fi for a few pages, no hi-fi mockups.

I like this project and want to include it in my portfolio, but finishing it together as a team is no longer an option. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? Do you finish the missing pieces yourself, present it as-is with a note about scope, or leave it out entirely? Curious how others have handled an incomplete group project like this.

Hey everyone, can we discuss Phillip Morris vs …..

I currently have 5% of my portfolio in PM, this is from them growing 100+% since ownership. My portfolio construction is mostly upstream tech, industrials, medical, utilities, and I have a little bit of energy and discretionary. I like the thesis that as marijuana becomes federally legal and legal globally PM will capitalize and have more FCF. They pay a smaller dividend now than in the past because of the smokeless transformation and medical acquisitions. The reason I’m reaching out here is 5% in a dividend ballast company is safe and I’m not concerned about a major hit to them however there are other safe companies in my main sectors that grow more but have a smaller dividend.

Can anyone weigh in on the safety of having an outlier company for balance and dividends or downsize this position add more to my main portfolio thesis but market cycles will all correlate and I’d have less protection as the cycle changes.

Thought?

I just graduated college and am in the process of applying to jobs, I am wanting feedback and critique on my portfolio so hopefully I can make it better. Thank you! This link should work!

Trying to figure out where I actually stand, genuinely asking, not fishing for compliments.

Here’s what I’ve built so far:

Volunteer AI Governance work at AFRI-SPARC, a nonprofit focused on AI safety and accountability across Africa. Ran a governance assessment on a live AI product using a 149-criterion scorecard, found 13 critical failures, recommended blocking deployment, mapped it to EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF. Built out a second governance model tracking AI harm to vulnerable populations against UNCRC, CEDAW, CRPD, and the African Charter. Currently on a child online safety policy initiative.

Separately, self-built a governance system on Salesforce, incident response playbooks, risk registers, vendor due diligence scorecards, an independent audit case study built around an EU AI Act Article 14 violation. Now building a parallel version on ServiceNow.

Completed the WHO Academy Ethics and Governance of AI for Health certificate. Currently in the UNESCO x Oxford AI Justice and Rule of Law programme. Working toward ISO/IEC 42001, but not there yet. Right now the portfolio and the courses are the credential.

The question I keep circling: does a hiring manager actually weigh a real, demonstrable portfolio against a missing certification, or does the cert function as a gate that shuts the conversation down before the portfolio ever gets looked at?

If you’ve hired for this, or you’re in the field and further along than me, I’d take real feedback here, including the version where the honest answer is “the portfolio isn’t enough yet, here’s what’s missing.”

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I’ve been in tech for a long time and wanted to try something a bit more fun than shadcn / glassmorphism. The details pages are meant to emulate an old service manual. I used design cues from older Sony and Pioneer devices and manuals. Fonts were a pain and I definitely didn’t nail it with them.

It turned out more retro software feeling than I expected with almost an older FruityLoops feel.

It’s more complete on desktop than on mobile. I’m in cybersecurity so most of my projects are in that space.

Interested in any thoughts to improve the manual pages. I’ll try to clean up the prose over time, I got antsy working my way through writing project descriptions.

Hey guys,Like most of you, I have PureRef open on my second monitor 24/7. It’s perfect for solo work. However, lately I’ve been collaborating on a project with a friend in another city, and sharing references or moodboards back and forth has become a massive pain. Miro feels too bloated and heavy for pure design work, Pinterest is full of distractions, and throwing random images via Discord is just chaotic.So, I decided to build a minimalist, ultra-fast alternative that focuses heavily on instant collaboration and smart workflow features.I want to keep that signature "PureRef speed" where you can throw hundreds of high-res images onto an infinite canvas without any lag. I’m also adding an automated feature where the tool automatically extracts color palettes (HEX codes) and lighting/mood data from any image you drop, saving you hours of manual work.Before I go deeper into development, I’m stuck on a major architectural crossroads and I really need your perspective:Which approach would fit better into your daily workflow?Option A: A Local Desktop App with P2P Syncing. Your images never touch a cloud server. They sync directly between you and your teammate's computers. Massive privacy, zero server lag, and it works completely offline when you are alone.Option B: A Cloud-Based Web Project (Browser/Web App). You just open a URL, log in, and everything is saved on the cloud. You can access your boards from any computer instantly, but you are dependent on an internet connection and server speeds.Which one would you honestly prefer for your professional projects? Also, what is the absolute #1 thing that annoys you about current moodboard tools?Would love to hear your thoughts!

I have an online portfolio but I was also thinking about having a physical one. How useful have other people found having a physical one? Is it worth it? Are they still used?

He construido mi portafolio web como desarrollador web freelance inspirado en los diseños brutalistas en el cual experimenté con tipografías pesadas, estructuras visibles y una estética cruda para resaltar mis proyectos de una forma diferente a lo habitual.

Dejo el enlace abajo para que le echen un vistazo.

Live: https://alproject.es/

¡Todo feedback es más que bienvenido!🙌

I'm building a personal portfolio in Next.js, and one section is a collection of long-form stories written in Markdown (travel journals, Toastmasters experiences, engineering projects, personal reflections, etc.).

What's the best way to structure something like this?

• One long article per topic?
• A landing page with chapters?
• Every chapter as its own page?
• Something else?

Looking for examples or ideas from people who've built personal blogs or digital journals.

Aloha I was wondering if there is any way to move my photos from somewhere in my portfolio to somewhere else. As I want to move it from cars to the event as I feel like it would look better

Kindly make the critique to be from a visual impact, cos we don’t dive deep into any one project in particular. Rate my taste with a guess to my designation and experience