Most developer portfolios try to do too much. Carousels, parallax heroes, a dozen nav links, and somewhere underneath it all, the three things a hiring manager actually wants to see.
A minimal portfolio flips that priority: it leads with substance and trims everything that is not pulling its weight.
What actually matters
- A one-line answer to "who are you and what do you do?"
- Two or three things you are proud of, with links that work.
- A frictionless way to reach you.
Everything else is decoration. The page you are reading this on is built exactly that way: a single column, generous whitespace, and a typeface that gets out of the way.
The whole thing is React Router on the server with Tailwind for styling, which keeps the payload small and the first paint fast.
This is placeholder copy for now, but the structure is real. Swap in your own words and you have a site you can ship in an afternoon.