Changelog · This portfolio · 2024–2026
Nine versions to get here.
My portfolio is my personality. Every version was me chasing the next big idea.
- Versions
- 9, shipped and replaced
- Span
- Mar 2024 → Sep 2026
- Tools
- Framer × 8, then hand-built
- Constant
- Me, drawn a little better each time
Drag back in time. The whole site changes.
v9 Sep 2026 · Hand-built
Show, don’t tell: interactive case studies, evidence first, and a 3D world that is actually me.
01 / The arc
What actually changed.
Title
“UX/UI designer”
↓“Product designer”
v1–v7 said UX/UI. v8 onward says product.First screen
About me
↓The work, with evidence
v1–v4 opened on me. From v5 the work is on the first screen.Built with
Framer templates
↓Hand-built code
Eight Framer versions, then my own build.The constant
Video, doodles, memoji, 3D avatar, then a whole 3D world. Showing up as myself never went away; it got more intentional.
02 / Every version
The changelog.
Each one is a real recording of that site scrolling. Most are still live.
- The big idea
- A full-screen video of me as the first thing you see.
- Optimizing for
- Showing up at all: a video of me, a friendly intro and a way to reach me.
- The big idea
- My name as a giant logo, with doodles of things I love.
- Optimizing for
- Personality: a giant name and hand-drawn doodles of the things I love.
- The big idea
- Doodles you hover to reveal, now in dark mode.
- Optimizing for
- More work (four projects) without losing the personality, now in dark mode.
- The big idea
- A floating scene of me at my desk, surrounded by my tools, work and hobbies.
- Optimizing for
- A playful scene of who I am, then a scroll-driven showcase of selected work.
- The big idea
- Stripped back: one sentence, then the work.
- Optimizing for
- Clarity for recruiters: one sentence on who I am, then the work, immediately.
- The big idea
- My 3D avatar debuts, with a phone-style app dock and live Dallas weather.
- Optimizing for
- Personality back without losing clarity, with my 3D avatar as the signature.
- The big idea
- The avatar front and center, with each project shown in a device mockup.
- Optimizing for
- The work front and centre under the avatar, each case in a device mockup.
- The big idea
- A fill-in-the-blank sentence about me (“sahil m is a…”).
- Optimizing for
- A product-designer identity, WellFit as the lead, and proof from people I’ve worked with.
- The big idea
- Hand-built: case studies you can play with, a 3D world, and a time machine.
- Optimizing for
- Show, don’t tell: interactive case studies, evidence first, and a 3D world that is actually me.
- What’s next
- Watch what people actually open and play with, then ship v10 when it says so.
03 / Compare
Pick any two.
v1 · Mar 2024v9 · Sep 2026
04 / What stuck
Three lessons from nine versions.
Lead with the workEvery version that opened on me buried the thing people came for. Evidence goes on the first screen now.
Keep one signaturePersonality works as one strong constant, not ten decorations. The avatar is it.
Own the mediumLeaving templates let me build what I was designing: case studies you can play with.