Building My Portfolio Website with Django: Lessons Learned & Real-World Tips

When you are a developer and designer who loves building things from scratch, using a boilerplate template or a static site builder just doesn't cut it. I wanted complete control over my content, a seamless backend to manage my projects, and a platform that could genuinely showcase my technical stack.

So, I decided to build my personal portfolio website using Django.

Building a portfolio in Django is a fantastic rite of passage. It lets you flex your back-end skills right out of the gate while giving you a fully customizable, dynamic CMS tailored precisely to your needs. Along the way from local development to production deployment, I picked up some valuable lessons. Here is a breakdown of what worked, what broke, and how you can avoid the same headaches.