How to Create a Digital Portfolio That Is Free and Serverless

Chances are most of us have stumbled into someone’s digital portfolio. This can range from book authors to IT professionals, it’s pretty universal as everyone can benefit from it. Is it needed, probably not but it does help quite a bit in showcasing your skills and who knows, perhaps it could be the difference between you getting an interview and/or a phone call.

Let’s say you decided you want a digital portfolio, you’re probably wondering how to go about getting started? Does it cost money? Is it affordable? Do I have to be a programmer? Do I need to maintain a server?

What if I told you can do it all for free, with no programming skills, and virtually zero maintenance. All you need is some patience, a little bit of guidance and some spare time. Sounds pretty neat right? Well if that interest you let’s dive into what it takes to make a digital portfolio.

Note: If you get lost or want to look at the final example code

https://gitlab.com/cardenas88karl/my-portfolio-example

Getting started

In order to make this happen we will use the following pieces of technology.

• A domain name (optional)
• Your favorite static site framework (we will use Hugo)