Every dev portfolio has the same wall of tech logos. I kept looking at mine and thinking, anyone ...

Every dev portfolio has the same wall of tech logos. I kept looking at mine and thinking, anyone ...Every dev portfolio has the same wall of tech logos. I kept looking at mine and thinking, anyone ...

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Marcel Stredak

pro

• Jul 30

Every dev portfolio has the same wall of tech logos. I kept looking at mine and thinking, anyone could have built that. And tbh, dropping a React logo on a page proves nothing about whether I know what to do with it.

So I let my creative side off the leash and made the grid draggable. You pull the stack you want to build into a box, and my site tells you what it thinks of the combination.

Behind it sits a rules engine I wrote. 42 rules, 32 of them are warnings. It doesn't rate individual tools, instead it judges combinations. Because that's where the expensive mistakes usually happen, and every verdict ends with what I'd pick and why.

Two of the 24 tiles are jokes (Pure Magic and Unlimited Wishes) to make it more fun.

And the whole point? A skills list asks you to trust me. But this one puts my judgment somewhere a potential client can understand my though process before hiring me.

It's live and you can drag in your own stack: https://codingwithmarcel.com/#experience

If it hands you a verdict you disagree with, please tell me, so I can fix the rules engine.

Full Stack Development Next.js Software Architecture

Hossain Jahed

• Jul 25

Stop settling for barebones UI. 🛑

If you’re building an AI startup, a generic chat input won't cut it. You need a component that actually feels intuitive, responsive, and production-ready.

Stop rebuilding the wheel and start using the input designed for the AI era. 🚀 Link below 👇

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Hossain Jahed

• Jul 25

get it for free in my component library https://easemize.21st.dev/components/ai-chat-input

easemize.21st.dev

Ai chat input | Community Components | 21st

A modular, single-file React input bar designed for generative AI interfaces and agentic chat workloads, built on the shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS architecture. Features dynamic spring-physics transitions (cubic-bezier engine) for height scaling, state-morphing typography, an integ

YVES VINCKIER

• Jul 25

One thing I've learned while building templates and interactive components:

The hardest part isn't creating something visually impressive.

It's knowing what to leave out.

Every animation, every spacing decision, every visual accent should have a purpose. When everything tries to stand out, nothing does.

The best interfaces don't demand attention—they guide it.

Framer framertemplate webdesign

Maty Sandoval

max

• Jul 25

That line about every visual accent needing a purpose is going straight into my next client kickoff deck. Was there a specific animation on this one that almost made the cut but got cut?

Yuvi S.

• Jul 25

Spent weeks making a coaching/consulting site template that doesn't look like every other consulting site. No stock confetti. No "book a call" screaming. Just calm, editorial, trustworthy. Dropping it on @framer marketplace soon!