Status complete
Started Mar 2026
Completed Mar 2026
AI Tools Claude (chat)
Tech Stack PHP, MySQL, LiteSpeed, Web hosting
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// The problem

I wanted a place to document what I'm learning — specifically what changes when you bring AI tools into an engineering workflow after 13 years of doing it without them. LinkedIn wasn't the right format. A blog felt like too much overhead. I needed something I owned and could structure the way I think.

I also had a practical constraint: I wanted to build it using the tools I was evaluating. So the portfolio itself became the first project — built with Claude in a chat window, then later with Claude Code when I understood what the difference actually was but didn't have a chance to use for this project since subscription is required.

The problem wasn't just "build a website." It was: can I build something real and maintainable using AI assistance, and what does that process actually look like when you document it honestly?

Architecture Decisions
12 Mar 2026 Year-based timeline instead of employer and role names on resume reflection
12 Mar 2026 Config file for text, database for structured profile data methodology
10 Mar 2026 Replaced WordPress with a custom CMS methodology
AI Collaboration Logs
13 Mar 2026 What I learned about AI-assisted development by building this site methodology
Journal Entries
11 Mar 2026 Is it worth building a portfolio nobody reads? reflection
9 Mar 2026 I started this portfolio in a chat window — here's what that actually meant observation
Learning Resources
14 Mar 2026 Material Dashboard by Creative Tim — what I took from it and what I didn't resource