First Personal Website
Isaac Seiler's first hand-built personal portfolio project, created to learn Git, frontend development, content modeling, databases, and deployment.
Overview
This was my first personal website, built before I used Codex or Claude Code.
The goal was simplicity: a lightweight portfolio inspired by social media feeds, where the work could feel browsable instead of overproduced.
Building it taught me the fundamentals that still shape how I work: Git, code organization, deployment, databases, content modeling, and the tiny decisions that turn a static page into a living project.
What I Learned
- How to use Git as a real project history rather than just a file backup system.
- How frontend components, routing, styling, and content structure fit together.
- How databases and dynamic content change the way a portfolio can be organized.
- How simplicity can be a design constraint, especially when the priority is clarity and maintainability.