I'm rebuilding my portfolio, and I want to share the process.

A few months ago I built my portfolio on React + Vite, served from S3 and CloudFront. I wanted to work with some AWS infrastructure, and I did. But a portfolio is not the place to show that.

So I decided to rebuild it with a focus on what actually matters here: better UI and real animations.

Part #1 is about the foundation

I started by gathering references: a few sites and visuals I liked, and some notes comparing them with my current portfolio to identify what I wanted to change. From there I moved into Figma and translated those ideas into an actual design for my new portfolio.

Once the design felt solid enough to build from, I initialized the project with Next.js.

In the video I'm sharing a Miro board with the references I collected, and the Figma designs I landed on.

This is part of a series documenting the full rebuild process, from research to deployment. Part #2 is about turning that design into code