Project 

Portfolio-website

May 25, 2026

My personal website for blogging and showing off projects.

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A generic name for my first project to make in a long while. I for a multitude of reasons, including;

  • To de-rust and relearn how to code
  • Have a project that I can actually be proud of and show to employers
  • Just for some creative outlet and somewhere to blog

It's just a super simple website that shows off my projects with the goal of linking blog posts to overarching groups for easier navigation/filtering of relevant posts. And seeing as you're reading this, you are likely witnessing the fruits of my labour 😏 (unless you're not, in that case this is still a WIP 🥲).

Lemswell/portfolio-website/README.md


Hey thar! 👋

This is a repository that holds the code for my personal website intended to show off my dev portfolio. It also will have a blog for thoughts and updates on the development process (though I might also go on tangents). With this project I intend to derust and improve my coding (and engineering) skills.

I plan to keep this website updated in my journey towards a professional career.

For the actual website, i'm using Next.js, in conjunction with React, Typescript, and TailwindCSS.


Relevant Posts

Ahhh... deployment!

May 25, 2026

Documenting the process of deploying the portfolio-website

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Finish line in sight pt.2

May 22, 2026

Documenting progress content parsing and discussing job-seeking

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Finish line in sight

May 18, 2026

Documenting progress on website aesthetic and other functional changes.

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Progress update - formatting posts

May 11, 2026

Documenting progress on posts and how they appear in my website

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Project Thumbnails and other progress

May 8, 2026

Exploring options in trying to make project cards more interesting, and updates with the use of content-collections

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AI and its helpful suggestions

May 6, 2026

Discussing the use of AI for research

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URL params and the mentality of 'giving it a go'

May 4, 2026

Update on individual project pages with the use of [slug], and feelings on my pursuit of a job in tech

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Procrastinating with ideas

April 28, 2026

Exploring and discussing how blogs should be implemented.

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Comeback from little break

April 27, 2026

A update on todos and expressing feelings on my situation

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Progress, Big dreams and AI reliance

April 16, 2026

Sorting out todos, finished with project display on homepage, and process of using AI.

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Progress update

April 9, 2026

Updating progress of portfolio-website and feelings towards that progress

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Slow, Shotgun-y, progress

April 3, 2026

An update on what i've been up to so far in terms of coding and research

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Planning

March 31, 2026

looking at how implement the blog posts into my portfolio-website

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Motivation and freedom

March 30, 2026

Exploring the relationship between freetime and motivation when developing for my portfolio-website

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Tiny update

March 27, 2026

Documenting my feelings whilst going through another change in my life

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Degression

March 25, 2026

Exploring potential features and reconsidering 'tooltip' design decisions.

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Fun distractions

March 22, 2026

Expressing stagnation, additional inspirations, and discussing the use of AI

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Tiny steps.

March 21, 2026

A quick update and todo

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Using AI. and details.

March 19, 2026

Updating progress on the website and documenting my conflicting feelings on the use of AI and its effect on performance.

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Understanding SVGR and trying not to 'black box'

March 18, 2026

Figuring out the ins and outs of using SVGs for icons, and understanding the 'magic' of SVGR.

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SVGs and links to socials

March 16, 2026

A progress update for the portfolio-website, looking at (and debugging) using SVG icons.

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One tiny step

March 9, 2026

Looking at inspirations for this portfolio-website and learning outcomes from completing 'typing effect' component

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Giving it a shot

March 6, 2026

Documenting my experience and subsequent feelings when using AI for code

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Balancing having a job and learning... so I can have a job

March 4, 2026

Exploring website ideas and expressing feelings on working a job (thats not my ideal job)

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Thinking of what I should add?

March 2, 2026

Figuring out the todos and could-dos for my website

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Starting this profile

February 28, 2026

Documenting my feelings and thoughts when getting started on creating this portfolio-website

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