You're currently viewing this on a v1/beta of my portfolio site, ProjectGallery.me.

Why?

Like other developers, I want to be able to showcase my work in a simple portfolio. But, man, portfolio competition is fierce out there. They range from either crazy flashy to simple elegant designs.

But some of us would rather spend time working on projects than spending cycles trying to figure out how to show those projects.

That's where ProjectGallery comes in.

The goal is to turn down the volume on the presentation by depersonalizing and allowing the work to speak for itself. And the best way to do that is to create a general use platform.

Why not Github, Linktree, or even a blog?

There are other solutions that do a great job. But they just slightly miss what I'm aiming for.

Github is great for showcasing your projects in their most raw form. You can even add context with a Readme. Discovery is the main issue here.

And Linktree is great for acting as an at-a-glance overview of any and every link you could want. But it's all redirection to content. But no actual content.

As for a blog, while it's great for expanding on specific topics, it's not the best format for showcasing a collection of work.

Why not "all of the above?"

With ProjectGallery, I'm aiming to take a little bit of each and sprinkle them together.

A user landing page presents the option to view your projects and your posts, as well as any links or arbitrary notes you'd like to present. From there, viewers can quickly drill down to the content they want to see, including more detail like project screenshots, links, and journal about specific projects.

Still evolving

When I initially started this project, I just wanted to test some specific tools. Which means that I started with some of the ugliest non-design. But at this point, I'm excited by the prospect of this being useful to others. While the portfolio landing pages have received a fair bit of makeover from their original form, the same can't be said for the rest of the platform. Sooo, I've still got some work to do...