Tailwind CSS

Building My Portfolio: Decisions, Stack and What I Learned

How I rebuilt my portfolio from scratch and kept building it: Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Upstash Redis, Vercel, Python daemons for live device status, a custom PS5 OAuth v2 Cloudflare Worker, 5-tier GPC game detection with IGDB cover art, Discord presence via Lanyard and Spotify now-playing - and what shipping something personal actually teaches you.

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Business Website

Personal website at zacess.com with a terminal-style interface, built with Next.js 14 and TypeScript. Currently evolving into a full business presence - direction not fully set yet but the foundation is live.

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PHAEMOS - Smart Maintenance Platform

End-to-end IoT and predictive maintenance platform - four hardware nodes, FastAPI backend, Isolation Forest anomaly detection, Next.js live dashboard with alert and ticket workflows, actively being built