How I Built and Hosted My Developer Portfolio for Free

My goal was simple: build a modern developer portfolio without paying for hosting.
I chose Next.js for the frontend and Sanity for the CMS.

Why This Stack?

• Sanity provides a customizable CMS
• Next.js offers fast static pages
• Free hosting on Vercel or Netlify
• Automatic image optimization

What I Built

• A dynamic project listing
• A blog connected directly to Sanity
• A CMS dashboard to update content without touching code

This stack gave me complete flexibility at zero cost.