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Naman Sachdeva
Naman Sachdeva

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Built My First Portfolio Site at 16 — No Frameworks, Just Grit

I’m 16 — just wanted a simple portfolio.
Not something with 50 npm packages and a PhD in Tailwind.
So I built my own.

🧪 No frameworks
⚡ No build steps
✏️ Just open index.html, change a few lines — and boom, you’re live.

🔗 Live Preview
👉 https://naman9104.github.io/Portfolio-Template/

📂 GitHub Repo
👉 https://github.com/naman9104/Portfolio-Template

Screenshot of the portfolio homepage showing a dark-themed layout with a typewriter intro

✨ Features:
🔤 Typewriter-style animated intro

🧭 Clean layout with 5 sections

💡 Dark mode toggle

📱 Fully responsive

⚙️ No frameworks, no setup — just HTML, CSS, JS

✏️ Easy to customize — perfect for beginners

🛠 How to Use:
Fork the repo

Open index.html

Change your name, skills, projects, about, etc.

Deploy using GitHub Pages.

🚀 That’s it — you’re live in 5 minutes.

Inspired by my previous post: Not a full-stack dev, not a startup. Just a 16 y/o with ideas
This portfolio came out of that journey.

💬 Want to help improve it?
Drop your ideas below 👇
If you remix it, I’d love to see your version!

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