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Portfolios, resumes, and getting hired.
Practical, no-fluff guides on building a portfolio that ranks, writing a resume that gets past the bots, and owning your corner of the internet. Written by the team building Folio.
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Portfolios
The developer portfolio playbook for 2026
A good developer portfolio is not a wall of repos. It is two to four deep projects that show how you think. Here is exactly what to build and what to cut.
5 Jul 2026 / 10 min read
SEO
Portfolio SEO: how to get your personal website to rank on Google
You do not need to be a marketer to rank a personal site. Here is the short list of things that actually move the needle, the technical SEO made simple, and what a good builder does for you automatically.
5 Jul 2026 / 10 min read
Portfolios
Put your portfolio on a custom domain (and why it matters)
A platform subdomain is a page you are renting. Your own domain is an address you own for life. Here is why that difference matters, and exactly how to make the switch.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Personal branding
Put your link in bio on your own domain, not a rented page
A third-party link page is an ad for someone else's product wearing your name. Here is why your link hub should live on a domain you own, and how to build one that doubles as a real site.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
AI
AI resume privacy: what happens to your data, and how to stay in control
Your resume is one of the most complete records of you that exists. Here is what actually happens to it when an AI helps you write it, and how to keep control of your own data.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Engineering
The portfolio API and MCP server: managing your career data as code
Your portfolio is data: projects, a resume, posts, a profile. Once it has a read and write API and an MCP server, you can sync it from your own systems and let an AI assistant update it for you.
5 Jul 2026 / 10 min read
Resumes
How to format a resume: the three formats and when each one wins
There are only three real resume formats, and picking the wrong one can quietly sink your application. Here is exactly when each wins, and how to keep any of them readable by the software that screens you first.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Resumes
How long should a resume be? The honest answer
One page is the default for a reason, but it is a guideline, not a law. Here is when a second page is justified, when it is padding, and exactly what to cut first.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Resumes
How to write a resume summary that earns the next ten seconds
The summary is the first thing a recruiter reads and the reason they keep going or stop. Here is the formula, the summary-versus-objective question settled, and real before-and-after examples.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Resumes
How to list skills on a resume so both ATS and humans buy them
The skills section is the most misused block on a resume. Here is how to build one that clears the applicant tracking system and still reads as credible to the person who decides.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Resumes
Resume action verbs that actually prove impact
The first word of every bullet decides whether a recruiter reads the rest. Here are the verbs that carry weight, grouped by what they prove, and the tired ones to cut.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read
Resumes
How to quantify your resume, even in a job nobody measures
A number is the one thing a skim-reader remembers. Here is how to find real metrics in work you never tracked, and how to estimate them honestly.
5 Jul 2026 / 9 min read