Reel vs. Record: What a Real-Time Portfolio Needs to Survive
You've got a portfolio. So does everyone else. The difference isn't the tech stack or the color scheme — it's whether your work still looks alive three weeks after you upload it. A static site can feel like a graveyard, a museum of what you did last year. A real-time reel, though, keeps moving. It updates with your latest projects, shows living metrics, and proves you're still in the game. But here's the catch: real-time doesn't mean automatic. It means someone has to feed the beast. This field guide is for the people who build things and want their portfolio to survive contact with real hiring managers. It's not a list of shiny features or a promise of interview calls. It's a survival strategy — what to show, what to skip, and when to ditch the whole idea.