Designing a Structured Portfolio Content Model
How a portfolio can use relational data and structured content blocks without turning every page into hardcoded UI.
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05DiscussionThe problem with hardcoded content
A portfolio eventually becomes more than a collection of static pages. Projects, articles, technologies, media, and relationships need to be managed independently from the presentation layer.
Relational structure
The application keeps authoritative entities relational while using JSONB only where block-specific structure actually varies.
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