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Welcome to My New Portfolio

October 5, 2025
#portfolio #web-development #astro

Welcome to my newly redesigned portfolio! I’ve rebuilt my personal website from the ground up using modern web technologies to create a faster, more maintainable, and easily extensible platform.

Why the Redesign?

My previous portfolio, while functional, was built with vanilla JavaScript and HTML, making it challenging to maintain and extend. As my career has evolved and I’ve accumulated more projects and experiences, I needed a solution that would scale with my needs.

Technology Stack

Astro

I chose Astro as the foundation for several reasons:

  • Performance First: Astro ships zero JavaScript by default, resulting in blazing-fast page loads
  • Content Collections: Built-in support for managing blog posts, projects, and timeline entries
  • Future-proof: Easy to add React/Vue components as islands when needed
  • Markdown Support: Write blog posts in Markdown/MDX with full formatting support

Tailwind CSS

For styling, Tailwind CSS provides:

  • Rapid development with utility classes
  • Consistent design system
  • Easy customization through configuration
  • No CSS bloat thanks to purging unused styles

What’s New?

Blog Section

The most significant addition is this blog! I plan to share:

  • Technical deep-dives into interesting problems I solve
  • Career reflections and lessons learned
  • Tutorials and guides on cloud computing and software architecture
  • Updates on my open-source contributions

Improved Project Showcase

Projects are now organized with:

  • Filterable categories and tags
  • Rich Markdown descriptions
  • Links to live demos and GitHub repositories
  • Featured projects on the homepage

Interactive Timeline

My professional journey is now displayed as an interactive timeline that clearly shows:

  • Work experience with key achievements
  • Educational background
  • Skills acquired at each stage

Extensibility

One of my key requirements was building a foundation that can grow. The new architecture makes it easy to:

  • Add new sections (talks, press, uses page)
  • Integrate with headless CMS for content management
  • Add server-side features (contact forms, analytics)
  • Deploy to various platforms (Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare)

Coming Soon

I have several features planned for the near future:

  • Dark mode toggle
  • Full-text search across blog posts
  • RSS feed for blog subscribers
  • Project showcase with filtering
  • Reading time estimates for blog posts

Wrapping Up

Building this portfolio has been a great learning experience. If you’re interested in the technical details or want to build something similar, all the code is available on my GitHub.

Feel free to reach out if you have questions or suggestions! You can find me on LinkedIn or email me at aditya30394@gmail.com.

Thanks for visiting!