Personal Website v2

New & Improved Personal Portfolio Site

View it here:

lucasamberg.dev

Why did I make this?

After ignoring my old portfolio website while focusing on other things, I feel now is the time to revisit it and apply some new technologies I have learned since then.

What is there to improve?

I made my old site before I learned Next.js, it is built with Vanilla CSS, React.js, and Express. My main issue with it is the inconsistencies in styling across different screen sizes and devices. This is a difficult fix considering the styling is not centralized whatsoever and is spread across several css files. Nowadays this is an unacceptable practice to me, especially for a site as small as this. I believe moving to Next.js and CSS in JS frameworks will streamline the development and design of the site, as well as prevent a remake in the future.

Release

Soft Launched: 7/21/2024

Full Launch: TBD

Tasks to complete

This is mostly for myself to reference as I complete the site, just to have a good priorities list and order of development.

• Create a new Repository
• Create a new Next.js project
• Set up DX, branch protection rules, npm scripts
• Initialize UI libraries (#1)
• Create a README.md with tasks and description (#2) (#12)
• Create an about me card (#3) (#13)
• Create a link to view my resume (static upload) (#5) (#20)
• Create a skills section (#6) (#15)
• Create an education section (#7) (#16)
  • Create a component for education items
• Create a work experience section (#8) (#17)
  • Create a component for work experience items
• Create a projects section (#9) (#21)
  • Create a component for projects
• Create an open source section (#10) (#22)
  • Create a component for open source projects
• Create a contact me section (#11) (#19)
  • Create a form for contact
  • Create a component for contact form
• Nice to Haves (No issues yet)
  • Create an admin dash
    • Implement Authentication
    • Create a Resume upload with S3
    • Create a form for adding new projects
    • Create a form for adding new work experience
    • Create a form for adding new education
    • Create a form for adding new skills
    • Create a form for adding new open source projects