Project: Hcody Site
The journey of my site development
By Hisham ¡ Published on April 12, 2022
Description
Hcody is my personal website and portfolio platform designed to highlight my work, articles, certificates, and personal profile. Beyond being my digital home, the vision for Hcody was to create a flexible portfolio template that other developers could also use to showcase their work easily.
- đ Projects: A portfolio of apps, packages, and experiments.
- âī¸ Articles: Insights, tutorials, and thoughts on programming and technology.
- đ Certificates: Achievements and recognitions in my learning path.
- âšī¸ About & Contact: Learn more about me and connect directly.
Challenges
My main challenge was building a website that not only showcased my own work but could also serve as a portfolio template for others. The first version in Flask was functional but hosting was costly and not practical for sharing. The second version in WordPress allowed me to build a custom theme, but it lacked flexibility for developers who wanted more control over the backend and structure.
Solutions
To overcome these challenges, I rebuilt Hcody v3 in Laravel with Filament. This approach provided cost efficiency, full backend control, and scalability. It allowed me to design a clean structure where projects, articles, and certificates could be easily managed. Most importantly, the Laravel + Filament stack made it possible to shape Hcody into a portfolio template that other developers can adapt for their own use.