Modern Portfolio Website

Overview

A sophisticated personal portfolio website for Eduard Jacobs showcasing projects, skills, and professional experience. The website is built using a monorepo architecture with Next.js for the frontend, featuring smooth animations with Framer Motion, a custom UI component library, and a dark/light theme toggle. The site includes dedicated project pages with detailed case studies, a responsive timeline component for career history, and an interactive contact form.

Challenges

• Creating a cohesive design system with consistent component styling across the application

• Implementing smooth animations and transitions that enhance user experience without impacting performance

• Building a maintainable component library that can be reused across different sections of the site

• Ensuring optimal performance with dynamic imports and code splitting for faster page loads

Solutions

• Developed a custom UI component library with Tailwind CSS and TypeScript for consistent styling

• Used Framer Motion for performant animations with staggered effects and scroll-based animations

• Implemented a monorepo structure with shared utilities and components for better code organization

• Utilized Next.js dynamic imports for component-level code splitting and improved load times

Results

• A visually impressive portfolio that effectively showcases professional work and skills

• Smooth, engaging user experience with performant animations and transitions

• Fully responsive design that works seamlessly across all device sizes

• Maintainable codebase with reusable components and consistent styling patterns