I Was Tired of Proving I Wasn’t Lying So I Built Devlog!
Let me be honest:
I used to hate sending people my work.
Not because I didn’t have anything to show.
But because it was scattered.
One time someone asked, “What have you done?” and I paused — not because I didn’t know, but because I had to scramble through tabs:
- “Here’s my GitHub…”
- “Oh wait, I also write on Dev.to, here’s that…”
- “Actually I freelance too — I’ll forward you the emails…”
- “And yeah, I grind LeetCode when I can — don’t ask where the stats are…”
By the end, I felt like I was piecing together a portfolio puzzle just to say:
“Hey, I swear I’ve actually done stuff.”
That sucked. It felt like no matter how much I built, solved, or shipped — I couldn’t present it in a way that felt real, cohesive, or credible.
So, I built something that could.
Meet: Devlog
Devlog is a one-link developer profile that pulls everything you’ve done into a single, themed page.
It connects with your:
✅ GitHub contributions
✅ LeetCode stats
✅ Dev.to posts
✅ StackOverflow reputation
✅ Freelance work & SaaS projects
…and wraps it all into a layout you can actually be proud to share.
It’s not just a portfolio. It’s your developer footprint — verified, dynamic, and alive.
The Road to Building Devlog
What sounds simple was anything but.
I had to:
- Work around GitHub’s GraphQL rate limits
- Cache years of data for performance
- Ensure fast sync without draining user devices
- Design a UI that feels like a personal brand — not a boring resume
All while juggling frontend, backend, auth, Supabase, Next.js, serverless edge functions, Upstash, and animations solo.
There were nights I doubted the whole thing.
There were bugs I didn’t think I could debug.
And there were definitely moments I thought:
“Maybe I’m just building this for myself…”
But that was exactly the point.
I was building for the old me — the dev who had done great work but struggled to prove it.
Why This Matters (To Me, and Maybe You)
We talk a lot about “proof of work” in tech.
But for developers, proof is often fragmented:
- GitHub doesn’t show your blogs
- LeetCode doesn’t show your client work
- StackOverflow doesn’t know your SaaS app exists
- So if you’re a:
- Self-taught dev
- Career switcher
- Indie hacker
- Freelancer
- Or someone doing real things outside the resume pipeline…
Devlog is for you.
It doesn’t fake anything.
It just brings your real work together — beautifully.
What’s Next?
Right now, I’m:
• Adding more integrations (HackerRank, Medium, Fiverr, Gumroad…)
• Improving the design
• Making the sync faster & smarter
• Prepping for launch (soon!)
And I’d love your thoughts.
Would you find this useful?
What else would you want in your own Devlog?
What does “proof-of-work” mean to you?
Let’s talk in the comments 💬
