Personal Website 1.0 --> 2.0

Version 1.0

My first portfolio site was a Jekyll static site built in 2018 to share my skills and experience.

Screenshot of Portfolio 1.0 — Portfolio 1.0, built with Jekyll in 2018.

I chose Jekyll primarily for its simplicity to manage. Since it is a static site generator I could easily deploy the website and have very limited server side costs.

Version 2.0

Portfolio 2.0 used React and Gatsby to make a full stack site with an emphasis on speed, security, and low latency. The backend utilized GraphQL to organize and query the data assets that are displayed across the site.

Screenshot of Portfolio 2.0 — Portfolio 2.0, rebuilt with React, Gatsby, and GraphQL.

Moving from a static site generator to a React based website gave me a more direct way to learn the tools behind the site itself.

What I carried forward

The goal remained the same which was to make my work and background easy to explore, while keeping server side costs low.